Zombie Survival guide

Sharayah Martinez

Block 2

12/10/13

Don’t Get Zombifyed

Do you think you can survive a zombie apocalypse? Do you think you have the right supplies needed? There are many things that are required to know before facing a zombie head-on. When a zombie is hungry, is doesn’t stop until it gets food. There are three way to protect yourself: Basic survival skills, home defense, and zombie skills.

To survive you need to know some basic survival skills. First is to know your zombies. “There are  the natural zombies which is infected by poison, supernatural zombies which are possessed by a demon, and alien zombies which are like modern day zombies” (Hambling). A person should conserve as much non-perishable foods such as canned foods. A person should have a supply of water. A human can go 30 days without food and two days without water.  The main concern is water; anyone can wait a couple days for food.  Food and water supply is just as important as staying clear from the infected individuals. People can not only die from a zombie bite but also from dehydration and starvation. Everyone should find shelter/ security. Finding a secure place to sleep and be worry free is going to be reliving. Without sleep there is no energy fueling the body to move. One can clearly deduce that you need food, water, and shelter as much as you need weapons.

As much as you need to prepare yourself, you also need to prepare your home. Many suggest that you stay home and fight. You don’t have to leave your home for survival. According to Max Brooks, “A good 10 ft. cinder-block wall, reinforced with steel rods and filled with concrete, is the safest barrier in both class 1 and class 2 outbreaks” (Brooks, 68).  “In a class 3 outbreak, enough zombies can, and will, climb on top of each other until they form an undead ramp right over your wall” (Brooks, 68). Steel security bars on windows can protect against an attack for a short amount of time. To keep your home safe is to patrol around your wall and kill off any zombies in your area. Also make modification to your home just in-case if zombies break into your wall. For example you can barricade windows and make escape plan routes for you and your family. Having a first aid kit is also a good idea. Therefore you can have you homes ready, but if zombies do get into your home, use you emergency zombie skills.

A gun, baseball bat or any kind of weapon can be helpful in an apocalypse. According to Voytek, “Believe it or not, the guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse is actually derived from real neuroscience”(5). The infection spreads to their brain causing CDHD (consciousness deficit hypoactive disorders). “CDHD is characterized by “the loss of rational, voluntary and conscious behavior replaced by delusional/impulsive aggression, stimulus-driven attention, the inability to coordinate motor-linguistics and an appetite for human flesh”(Voytek,11). A way to escape a zombie horde is to mimic them. They have a defect called Misconceptions. They will not attack you. Another way is to simply run. Zombies have poor motor skills for running fast. Zombies move very slow and give someone time to make a getaway. Zombies also have amnesia. If you run and hide somewhere the zombie will eventually forget where you are and leave. As one can see there is more than one way to survive and escape a zombie attack.

 Another goal is to find and conserve weapons and ammunition. According to Brooks, “..you must travel light to maintain mobility…”(70). If you are to carry weapons, use light weight weapons such as: Handguns, knives, etc.  A suggestion on what every home should have are the following: Rifle, shotgun, pistol, silencer, heavy cross bow, telescopic sight, night- vision scope, laser sight, katana sword, wakizashi, two knives, and a hand hatchet. Also consider what equipment is necessary for your maintenance and perhaps survival. Such as normal house hold appliances that can make a difference between life and death.

Using some regular house hold appliances can help make an emergency kit. Khan suggests that, “water, food, medications, tools/supply, sanitation, hygiene, clothing/bedding, important documents, and first aid supplies” (2). Making an emergency plan between you and your family is another good idea. Making escape routes and meeting places for you and your family. “You should pick two meeting places, one close to your home and farther away” (Khan, 2). CDC (control disease center) is here to assist Americans. CDC is willing to provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a outbreak. Stock up supply’s and put them aside in an emergency kit incase if needed.

There are several more ways to keep yourself and family safe. Basic survival techniques keep you alive by conserving non-perishable foods and water bottles, having a secure home, and a smart brain. Anyone can find food. It may be a little harder to find water and plumbing but it’s possible. Last but not least anyone can outsmart a zombie. The main goal is to try to survive until the CDC (Control Disease Control) comes to help desist the infection from spreading anymore. Make plans with family and emergency kits in case of an emergency such as one like this. Keep the kit near because you never know when the apocalypse can start.

Works Cited

Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide. New York. Three Rivers Press, 2013. Print.

Hambling David. How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse. Wired. Apr.2008. Print.

Khan, Ali. Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse. CDC. 16 May 2011. Web. 3 Dec. 2013.

Voytek. The Science Of Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse. Wired. June 30,2011. Print.

Task Three: Home Defense

In Max brooks realistic fiction passage entitled, The Zombie Survival Guide, he suggests that we prepare our homes for a zombie apocalypse. The main houses that serve really well for a zombie apocalypse are: stilt houses, as seen on the beach or along rivers and other high water marks areas, and tornado proof homes "Safe houses". "Securing your home against the undead is similar to securing you home from against the living." Security bars can hold back zombies for a short amount of time. Brooks suggest that you build a 10ft. cinderblock/chain linked fence. "No telling how long it will take for help to arrive...no telling if help will ever will. Always be prepared for a long siege. Never assume a quick rescue". Brooks suggests that we travel lightly. things such as: handguns, knives, shotguns, etc. He also suggest that you keep some common house hold items such as toilet paper & etc. His purpose is to help us have our homes prepared and ready for anything.

Liturature Analysis #2

Sharayah Martinez

Block 2

12/6/13

Literature Analysis “Space Station Seventh Grade”

1: In Jerry Spinelli’s non-fiction entitled “Space Station Seventh Grade”, he tells how hard the seventh grade is for Jason Herkimer, the main character. Jason struggles to get his crush Debbie Breen to love him back. He also struggles with family problems and friend problems. After Kippy Kim dies he learns to appreciate his little brother Timmy.

2: The theme would be love for Debbie Breen and later a girl he made fun of, Marceline McAlister. Devastation for his best friend, Peter Kim and his little brother Kippy, who had died in a Car Accident.

3: I like that it’s very funny and completely real! It describes the life of a teenager and other problems we may have. It even talks about pimples!!

4: Like I said it describes a teen so well & it also in a way describes life as a seventh grader. It does capture the drama in seventh grade with bullies, jocks, cheerleaders, etc.

5: The author has many different tones. At certain parts the author sounds happy, worried, annoyed, angry, and depressed.

6: Jason Herkimer is a very round character. In the end you know his whole personality and how his beliefs have changed since the beginning. Another character, Debbie Breen,  is a flat, static character. You don’t really here from her much in the second half of the book & she hasn’t really changed.

7: I Feel like I have met Jason Herkimer, but I don’t think I would be too fond of him. He seems very annoying and sexist at the comments he makes when he gets beat by a girl. At some points he just irritates me.

Task Two: Know Your Zombies

In Ali S. Khan's, fiction passage entitled, Preparedness 101:Zombie Apocalypse, she suggest that we should be ready for the zombie apocalypse. Khan states that "to get through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp". She also suggest to make an emergency kit supplied with: food, water, medication, tools, sanitation, clothing, and important documents. Khan States, "When zombies are hungry they wont stop until they get food". Khan suggest to have an emergency plan. An example is to have a place where you can meet up with family members and friends and an evacuation route. Khan states that," If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak". Khan Informs that the CDC ( Control Disease Center) will be prepared to assist. CDC is willing to give technical assistance and breaking the cycle of transmission of the disease. Khan's purpose is to give advice on what we should do and to inform us that the CDC is also here to assist with the zombie apocalypse.

Task One: Survival Basics

In David Hambling's non-fiction pamphlet entitled, How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse, he states how to survive and what you need to survive a zombie apocalypse. He explains that you must know your zombies first.There are the natural zombies which are infected by poison, supernatural zombies that are possessed by demons, and alien zombies are modern zombies we believe today. He next proceeds to show that you also need to know your weapons. He states that you need light weight artillery to stay mobile. You also need a large supply of ammunition. Finally David also says, "Keep Your Head". He states to keep calm and relax, also to take a couple friends of 3 or 4 that are most reliable. Hambling's purpose is to educate the community and the world in order to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Sharayah Martinez

11/12/13

Blk 2 

Persepolis Responds Argument

In the graphic novel, “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, is about government, society, economy, and the life of Marjane Satrapi. On November 5, 2013, a woman named Johan Bennett wrote a review/ request that they remove and ban the book from the schools and public library’s.

The graphic novel, “Persepolis”, was being taught to the 10^th grade literature level when a parent had pointed out the book had crass language, graphic violence, torture, sexual content, lewd humor, an instance of suicide, and other images that are not appropriate. Bennett decides to investigate for her and gets the same results. In Bennet’s opinion she says Marjane Satrapi is a horrible role model for our age group and that we shouldn’t be exposed to anything in this book yet.

To clarify my statements the only reason Marji rebels against her own government is to join in on demonstrations to serve a purpose in her country. Marjane in general has always been patriotic since she was 10.

In Iran, their government is basically a Totalitarism government, it’s very unfair, controls everything, sexist laws. Women were treated as abominations and prostitutes and were unable to wear anything but the veil, whereas for the men they also had a dress code but they would buy extremely tight close to provocative. Marjane is simply fighting in for her rights as a young lady soon to be a woman herself. Also the only reason why Marji was kicked out of many schools was because she stuck up for herself like her parents had taught her as a young girl. She didn’t know that Markus had just made her a drug dealer it wasn’t her fault.

In conclusion I disagree with what Johan Bennett had said. She only pointed out the negative parts of “Persepolis”. In my opinion Persepolis teaches responsibility, independence, and toughness to fight for your rights in hard situations. “Persepolis” should be taught to the 10^th grade literature. Most teens have a view of Iran as an evil country when in reality it’s really not.

Literature Analysis

 

1: In "TTFN" by Lauren Myracle, takes place in Georgia, Atlanta with three best friends. There's Angela, Zoe, and Maddie. Angela struggles because of the fact that she had to move to California leaving her two best friends behind. Zoe struggles with telling Angela that she's dating a guy that used to have a big crush on Angela. Maddie has troubles with expressing her feelings and having a serious relationship with a guy she likes a lot.

2: The theme of "TTFN" what I think is Struggling with life, being unable to express your feelings, drama, and of course friend ship.

3: The authors mood seems very teenage girl like. Its jumpy and expresses a lot of emotion and sarcasm. For example in the text Zoe says, "Eeeeek!! I'm so excited!". In that part of the passage you can kind of actually here a teenage girl talking in your mind. At another part of the passage Angela is taking to Maddie and she tells her, " It made me cry, Maddie, isn't that ridiculous? After she hung up on me, i just sat on my bed and bawled." You can tell that the character is shes being emotional and a little dramatic.

 

4: In the book the author used a lot of Emoticons to symbolized the characters feelings just like today's text messaging. The author used a lot of different tones; for example she expresses the way a teenage girl talks, sarcasm, dramatic, emotional.