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Stereotypes In Monster Culture

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The excerpt from warm body show even though we envision zombies as heart less, and incapable of any feeling they are very similar to us. The reading has been my favorite by far, and has opened my eyes to another side of zombies. The narrator is R, and is a guy who is dead. I found it interesting how the zombie acted as people stereotyping each based on their clothing very much like us. In Cohen article he states in Monster Culture “We distrust and loathe the monster at the same time we envy, its freedom, and perhaps its sublime despair.” In the excerpt zombie are unable to strain away from the normal, and marry before they have kids. The articles before stated that we often envy, the freedom of zombie have, but the are still as restricted

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