I am posting my final paper for my Violence and Metaphor class because I think it is some really good shit. Enjoy.
It’s below the fold to not annoy people too much and to not take up my whole front page. (Edit: 10-8-09: It’s now split up into multiple parts -hopefully- to make it easier to [...]
May 18, 2009
Categories: Blood is Life, Community Versus Individual, People Killing People, The Apocalyptic Ending, Violence and Metaphor . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, so my proposal for my final paper needs a lot of work. My teacher e-mailed it back to me with some comments and asking me to re-frame the concept to be more about the aesthetic response. She’s right; I’m trying to hard to craft this paper around things I already know. But I am [...]
April 15, 2009
Categories: Abandonment, Art and Catastrophe, Community Versus Individual, People Killing People, Rage, The Apocalyptic Ending . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 2 Comments
It seems to me that far more zombie/disease related films come out during the fall/winter than do in the spring/summer. I’m not exactly sure why, but I would speculate it has something to do with zombie films not being able to stand up to huge summer blockbusters like “The Dark Knight” or other superhero movies [...]
October 20, 2008
Categories: Abandonment, Community Versus Individual, Quarantine, Rage, The Apocalyptic Ending, The Spread of Disease . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 2 Comments
Yes, that’s right. As I write this in the part of September that is edgeing into “late” we can already see the Halloween costumes lining the walls of shops, bags of candy corn piled high, stacks of pumpkins outside of the market.
I enjoy Halloween, I do. I see no reason in beginning festivities a month [...]
September 20, 2008
Categories: Abandonment, Community Versus Individual, General, People Killing People, Rage, The Apocalyptic Ending, The Spread of Disease . . Author: kjmitchell715 . Comments: 2 Comments