Science Fiction and Zombies

A similar aspect between the zombie genre and science fiction is the sense of wonder and alienation felt by the characters.  This sense of wonder cannot be without the alienation felt by the characters.  This is seen in many of the readings by Philip K Dick and in 28 days later.  By questioning the society’s current structure or state of existence they are alienated from others.  The alienation in zombie movies is more from the lack of knowledge than as in the science fiction genre where there is knowledge of the events but the characters choose to question rather than comply with their society.  Even so there cannot be alienation without a sense of wonder and vice versa.  In the zombie movies the indifference toward the current situation causes the characters to question their societies beforehand and even question humanity as a whole and what it is.  In science fiction the indifference is toward their current society’s actions and the role their society is allowed to play in their own life and in others such as in The Word for World is Forest. Overall to question a part of humanity or society creates a separation from that society and causes the character to appear alienated and separate from those who comply with the current state of the world or humanity.