When There's No More Room in Hell, The Dead will Shop the Earth.

Matthew Walker's text illustrating the simplest form of a human and zombie and the aspiration of "having the good life" enlightens a new concept of thinking. Walker compared Aristotle and Romero's view on zombies and culture. Why do Zombies return? What does life have to offer us? The term pleonexia means the disposition to have more, grasping for more. Aristotle goes on referring pleonexia as one's desire for sheer survival. I found this intriguing because pleonexia can relate to a couple different aspects of life. Two very important aspects: Shopping and Survival. Us, as humans consume items because either want them, or we think we need them to go on. Zombies on the other hand do not really need any articles; they are just grasping for air, for survival. It's sensational to compare humans to zombies and especially in terms of what makes us happy and gives us pleasure.

Walker's idea of depicting humans as mindless zombies while roaming a mall is quite humorous and accurate. I've seen countless people walking or hanging out in the mall staring at every shopping window for no apparent reason, it just gives them happiness. "Although the mall misleads us by identifying the good life with gadget oriented affluence, the mall at least offers temporary sanctuary for the films main heros, Peter and Fran," says Romero. Perhaps this is what a mall does to us.. creates humans into zombies that cannot think, but stare mindlessly. "Although zombies horrify us, they are sad creatures, lost souls condemned to wander the mall in search of an elusive satisfaction."