![]() ![]() ![]() It is the possibility that these things may come to pass in some form that draws us in – will we make it, is there hope? This explanation makes sense to me we look to fiction such as this in order to view possible outcomes at a safe distance. Hyong-Jun Moon (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) states that “.the extreme versions of future catastrophe in apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives might function as a psychological buffer, through which strive to accustom themselves to the coming realities of harshness, insufficiency, and antagonism.” (241). Unimaginable loss of life and the complete breakdown of technological comforts and common social behavior are not the things we look for to inspire levity. Why are so many of us drawn to tales that outline the destruction of life as we know it? These are not light things. ![]()
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