Film and Danger Word

The film 28 Days Later was very interesting. However the zombies are were not called zombies, but “infected.” Information was disseminated throughout the film and we learned that the virus comes from the blood and saliva of those infected and if it comes in contact, by being swallowed or entering the body any other way, such as a bite, it can spread to healthy individuals, also the radio was used to spread information by the army people and to take in information. The conflict discusses in class of “survival vs. humanity” was brought up in film, when Selena had to kill to other man she had been living with, and also when Selena and Jim were running and she almost left him behind.

In the reading “Danger Word” there is also family, Joe and his grandson Kendrick, at however in this story no information is what leads to bad events, such as Joe becoming infected. Towards the end we also see the conflict of survival vs. humanity when Joe tries to remain himself in order to protect Kendrick and then when Kendrick wants his grandfather, Joe, to stay but Kendrick is forced to leave In order to survive.