Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Zombies have recently caught the attention of the public. Maybe it's the overwhelming dread and fear that zombies provoke with their appearance, or that they are in large masses that overwhelm the only humans left, or that there's nothing wrong with shooting a zombie. And now through some of these reasons publishing companies use zombies to bring back literature's classics to rake in some extra money.

I find it hilarious that this serious book was injected with something the modern day world is obsessed about. I did not enjoy the book, but I wanted to read it to see if it stayed consistent. But whenever the zombies were mentioned it seemed so awkward, like the author was just putting a bunch of neat sounding fighting words into a paragraph with zombies or “unmentionables” mentioned. Which was probably the case, the objective being to entice readers who like their share of violence.

However zombies (or nazis) are a way to allow murder to be acceptable in novels, games, movies, and other media. It is most of the time simple to kill a zombie, just a shot to the head would do it. On top of that their movements are slowed and jerky, so one zombie by itself would be easier to kill than a regular human being. Elizabeth was always plowing through those zombies taking hoards of zombies out with super amazingly “special” moves and kicks. Killing one zombie by itself never seems to be enough. What is repeated and focused on is the violent act, the splatter of the blood and details of the gore emphasis this violence. It seems people are not fascinated with the killing of zombies, but the violence required to destroy them all.

On the other hand the zombies emphasize Elizabeth's struggle with the world and her fight to be independent. Throughout the novel she holds up her pride in being able to take care of herself, and her father seems to value this as well. While society looks down at her and nitpicks how “unlady-like” she is. In the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Elizabeth's struggles are reflected in her social and zombie ass kicking life.