8/28/10 One of the topics we discussed this past semester that interested me the most was the role of zombies in entertainment. Movies‚ television shows‚ and the internet have been overflowing with anything zombie related since the zombie craze began. Although there are many metaphors for the zombie in all three of these resources my favorite is the issue of population. In nearly all depictions and discussions of zombies they always multiply in a dramatic rate because they infect those who they feast
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AMC”s “The Walking Dead” is a post-apocalyptic television show based on an ongoing comic book series. Set in Atlanta‚ Georgia the plot follows a small group of people‚ led by police officer Rick Grimes‚ struggling to survive after a pandemic of an unknown disease causes people to turn into zombies. After infection‚ a person initially dies‚ but is then somehow revived back to “life.” These zombies‚ or “walkers” as they are deemed on the show‚ seemingly have no self-awareness‚ but are able to walk
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The Effects of the Normandy Invasion On June 6‚ 1944‚ the Allied invasion of Normandy‚ in France‚ was the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. In this bloody battle‚ that took place over sixty miles of beachhead on the Normandy coast‚ Allied forces broke through those of Germany and opened the way for Europe to be liberated from Nazi rule. In the decade preceding the Normandy Invasion (or “D-Day”)‚ Hitler and his government‚ the Third Reich‚ conquered much of Europe‚ spreading terror
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The 5th Wave is written by rick yancey its dystopian Aliens come to planet earth for the first wave the aliens emp that ruins all electronics on the earth‚ for the second wave all the coast lines are destroyed‚ the third wave is a disease called the red tsunami where people bleed from everything and 7 billion people are killed. In the 4th wave the main characters find out that the aliens have taken human form and no one can be trusted. The main characters are cassie sullivan and ben parish. Cassies
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NSA’s Invasion of Privacy Whether it is calling someone on your phone or online shopping on the computer‚ people are more connected than ever to the internet. However‚ a person might be oblivious to the fact that they are being watched using these technologies. The NSA (National Security Agency) is an intelligence organization for the U.S. to protect information systems and foreign intelligence information. Recently the NSA has been accused of invading personal privacy through web encryption‚ tracking
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U.S. Response to the Zombie Epidemic It is evident that the recent outbreak of the z-virus that is sweeping across the Asian continent has created a zombie epidemic that has claimed many human lives and continues to spread rapidly. The number of those affected by the virus is currently in the thousands and continues to grow by the hour. If left unchecked‚ this epidemic could spread across the ocean and into our territories within days. Seeing how fast the disease spreads and how catastrophic it could
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bedfellows. Dawn of the Dead is used by Romero primarily as examine and critique the state of race and class issues in the United States‚ including the very consumer culture that feeds the industry. The plot of this film follows four survivors of the zombie apocalypse that has ensued after the events of Night of the Living Dead as they hold up in a shopping mall to try while the dead shamble aimlessly. However‚ this poses another problem‚ as once their home has been built up in the midst of the atrocities;
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Sometime during May of 1944‚ allied forces came together and agreed on a date and time for the Normandy invasion. The date was June 5th and the time was 6 in the morning. British‚ Canadian‚ and U.S. forces were assigned five beaches to invade code named Omaha‚ Utah‚ Gold‚ Juno‚ and Sword Beach. All communication from U.S. troops to the United States was cut off so that the word couldn’t get out that they were planning an attack. On June 4‚ the allies came up against some rough seas and bad weather
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far as North America. Before the Vikings invaded‚ York was left to ruins. The Romans had left already and the town was abandoned. As the Vikings gradually take over England‚ York became the capital of the Viking Kingdom. How/When did the Viking invasion start? A large army of Danish army attacked England on November 1866‚ all saints day. This was an important festival in York‚ and all the important town’s leaders were likely to be in the Cathedral. This make the attack a surprise and powerful.
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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan In the year of 1979‚ after helping to establish and maintain a communist government in this nation‚ the Soviet Union engaged in a bloody war with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan‚ or the DRA (Unknown Author. (Unknown Date). Encyclopedia: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Retrieved April 4‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Soviet-Invasion-of-Afghanistan.). This 10 year conflict caused massive amounts of destruction and
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