Can a Zombie Have Memories

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Rebecka Gilliam Professor Paul Stark Hum 2020 December 3, 2013 Can a Zombie Have Memories? How do you classify a zombie? Are they just undead, can they be more? Zombies have the following basic characteristics: undead, brainless, and an unsaturated desire to eat human flesh. Slowly, our society is changing the basic zombie, they still want to consume us, however they are gaining intelligence, thoughts and possibly holding on to memories. Memories could be of previous residence, jobs, possibly names, ultimately making the zombie more human. Through the films of George A. Romero, The Walking Dead T.V. series, and the newer movie Warm Bodies, I will discuss and prove the new idea that Zombies do hold onto some memories before he or she became undead. Two of the best examples of zombies retaining skills from their former lives is brought to us by no other than George Romero. In Romero’s Land of the Dead (2005), best example is when the zombies become transfixed by the fireworks, allowing people to escape. Later in the film, the people try the fireworks again, however the zombies are over the fireworks and are not lured away again. They ignore them and continue their rampage to eat living humans. Also we are able to see “Eugene” zombie fiddles with the gas pump from where he worked (Brains, Article “zombies have memories”), like he needed to do the job. I believe this is the most obvious way that Romero is trying to prove that zombies can have intelligence. Not only is there a leader zombie, but he teaches them to use weapons. One of the main characters played by Tom Savini, unfortunately becomes a zombie and he seeks revenge on the man in charge played by Dennis Hopper. Even as a zombie his goal remains the same, to seek our Hopper’s character and destroy him, one way or another. Besides having memories, why else would Savini seek out only Hoppers

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