Zombies!

I found that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a great way to get teenagers and young adults to read Jane Austen. Because the majority of the book was her original work
with some zombie action added to it. All of the fancyness and romance was still there.
It’s just a bit more exiting.
It’s funny that this book was on the reading list because a week before I took this class I picked it up in the bookstore and really wanted to read it. Now I got to read it for homework. I never really read the original book, and reading this version of it made me
want to read it, because it seems that I would still like it without all the zombies. One part that I really liked about it was how very classy and agreeable the story was, everyone seemed very concerned about what other people thought and are still trying to marry off their daughters when there could be zombies attacking at any second. Its like they couldn’t get their priorities straight. For example, when Elizabeth’s sister falls ill and she went to see her. When she came inside the house with her clothing dirty and torn because she had gotten attacked by zombies. No one was happy that she survived the attack, but they were insulted that she wasn’t appropriate looking.
Zombies have always been pretty interesting. I think the reason that they are so popular in today’s culture is because everything has become so ordinary, especially for younger people. We all need to go to school and go to a really good college, and become someone. There is a lot expected of us. Especially by our family. So I think all of us would think it would be so great if a zombie apocalypse would happen. Everything that would matter then is survival of the strongest. Its something exiting, something new. A drastic change. Its something that we can fantasize about without the fear of having it actually happen. Because there is no way that actually could happen. And its not like zombies have any intelligence. Its not like Aliens whereas, If they come and take over the world, then we would have less chance because they are smarter. Zombies however, would just roam around in search for more brains. All you’d have to do is shoot them.
That’s why I think it’s so funny that the characters (except for Elizabeth, her sisters and her father) still go on with daily life. Its like they are ignoring the fact that there is a zombie plague going around. And they are just in their same old ways, going to balls and trying to be the most envied person there. It seems like everyone is staying old fashioned, and the Bennets , except for their mother are more modern.