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Ceci Cravens

Countdown for the Apocalypse: Philosophy in 28 Days Later

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become one.

• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) From George Orwells Animal Farm to Walt Disneys adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1951), social allegories in literature and film have been used as ways to interpret political, economic and social tribulations in the world. Defined by Websters New World Dictionary, an allegory is: The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form (Agnes 17). Social allegories seem simplistic at a glance. They generally deal with topics and issues that have been discussed repeatedly...