Category Archives: Anastassia Kapeles
A Different Kind of Zombie Apocalypse
Whitehead’s Zone One has many component that are common to post-apocalytpic zombie texts. Obviously, an important part to the text is the removal of zombies. Also the story is told with kairotic time and the world is trying to rebuild civilization despite an unstable central government. However, this book is not like most zombie novels, instead of gore and thrill, emotions and personality play a larger role. Continue reading
Nuke York
Mick Broderick and Robert Jacobs’ Nuke York, New York was very interesting and reinforced an article I had read shortly after Sandy about how we love to destroy New York in popular media. I, originally, thought that New York was so often chosen as the sight for destruction because of its iconic skyline and the ability for anyone around the country to recognize it. However, Nuke York, New York also pointed out that it is useful to help describe the scale of an attack to the population and, more importantly, New York City could be viewed as the “financial and cultural heart” of the country. Essentially, destroying New York could cripple the entire country in a way that destroying another city, like Miami, would not. But it was also apparent that the idea of destroying New York City was/is terrifying and exciting at the same time. Continue reading
Fertility As Hope
I was very interested in the focus on fertility in these movies and the readings. I think fertility is very important, perhaps the most important, idea in a human-made apocalypse, as opposed to a god made one. Continue reading
Kairotic Time in Albertine Notes
The Albertine Notes often left me as confused as the Book of Revelation did. The lack of chronological time and the explanations of events as if the reader has been a part of the prior events had me re-reading passages to see if there was something I had missed, especially in the beginning. Like my classmates have said, this novella is a definite example of kairotic time. Continue reading
After The Rapture Pet Care
http://www.aftertherapturepetcare.com/
I stumbled upon this site for those Christian who are worried about what will become of their pets when they’re raptured.
I’m not sure if it’s serious, but I think it is and that is hysterical.
Searching for Sinners in Fundamentalism
What immediately struck me about this chapter from Strozier was the fact that fundamentalist pastors gain their legitimacy through their knowledge of Revelation. The ideas and images of Revelation are clearly some of the most popular biblical themes to fundamentalists because it could be about them. Everyone is more fascinated with their own history than with others’, in the same way, fundamentalists believe (and hope) that Revelation is about them. Therefore, fundamentalists are always in search of and hope that they find the sinners, so that they can be the ones who are saved. Continue reading
Dualistic Violence in Glorious Appearing
Clearly, as it was intended to be, Glorious Appearing was the perfect counterpart to the Strozier’s essays on the fundamentalist mindset. It is almost as if LaHaye and Jenkins wrote the book to encapsulate every idea that Strozier links with a fundamentalist Apocalypse. It is hard to imagine that Glorious Appearing was written without thoughts of dualistic violence and an eagerness for the end of the world.
Why Believe?
I’m actually unsure how to analyze The Rapture, because the ending completely shattered the analysis I had formed throughout the majority of the movie. Throughout the most of the movie, I thought it was meant to explain why people have the need to believe in god and believe in salvation. However, the fact that in the end the rapture DOES happen but Sharon DOESN’T love god anymore makes that analysis invalid.
