HW: write exploratory paper and send in by Wednesday, Feb 6 at 11:59pm; this should also be uploaded as Blog 5
Ja’Quan S. Brown
My Exploration Paper
2/6/2019
Ms. Howard 1020 Class
In the past nineteen years living in Montgomery, Al, I’ve
experienced numerous harsh weather conditions, fires, and obvious signs of
changes in people over the years. Although, none of these disturbing issues may
not compare to the ideology of what I think will happen to Montgomery, Al in
the future. The signs of global warming is causing our weather to be
unpredictable, therefore some homes and businesses are in jeopardy of fire
damages, and people are becoming sick more frequently. But the everyday changes
in people’s behavior becoming more and more violent is a cause for concern. The
crime rate has been spawning and drug trafficking has turned into an undercover
business. With the increase in drug use and violence, I believe this will be a
stigma on the city of Montgomery. A similar word to describe the violence would
be purge. However, the word purge has multiple meanings: there’s the
elimination purge and there’s the traditional purge. The one that I would like
to focus on more is the traditional purge. Crime is committed every twenty – four
hours, but what if the twenty – four hours never ended? What if Montgomery,
Alabama started a deadly riot where every resident had to fend for themselves?
What is most likely to happen if Montgomery had an apocalyptic uproar out of
nowhere? Here are some examples:
First off, people thinking that Montgomery,
Al lies in a state that is no longer indivisible is false. Although the Civil
Rights Movement started here, I believe we are divided in the shadows of
society. It’s possible for a society to come together as one, but that rarely
happens now because we’re already so divided. If the city of Montgomery were to
ever become a humanistic apocalyptic ghost town, the main cause of this would
be because of the actions and behavior of other people. You might ask yourself,
“Well how that could possibly happen when we have law enforcement and
governmental systems everywhere?” The answer to that is simple, a broken system
and society can be the reason.
Usually
when there’s a broken system, criminals will prey on the innocent and the weak.
A good word that could cause this behavior is insanity. Insanity is one of the
main causes for a society to deplete and to make it become apocalyptic. When a
city becomes insane, usually all the people who have their common sense will
want to migrate from that area, therefore turning it into an uncivilized town.
It could turn so chaotic, that even nearby counties would not want associate
with anyone there.
So
let’s say I was a survivor with common knowledge and I was stranded in the middle
of Montgomery, Alabama while an apocalypse is active. What tools would I need
in order to survive or thrive and protect myself? Well first I would have to
figure out where I can find a good water source to stay hydrated. Thanks to my
English 1020 – Apocalypse class, I know exactly where I can find a water
source. Next, I would have to find a well or follow an upstream to the water
main source. As far as weaponry goes, I have to have a broader idea of what to
do to protect myself, even calling out to a higher power.
There
are two games that I’ve studied in the past couple of months and the ideology
behind these games are about rescuing other survivors during a zombie
apocalypse. That’s probably the best way to bring a community together.
Gathering a large group of people and creating a new populated city. However,
it won’t be an easy task because people need to be persuaded in order to work
with you. For example, if I came across a group of people with guns, rockets
and other heavy artillery, I would assume that they’d have ammo and other
weapons. They can have all the weapons in the world, yet their food stock might
be limited. I may have only a pistol, but I have access to food. The people will
only have two options; they can either kill me or take what I have, but never
know where the rest of my food stash are hidden. Unless we team up together,
there’s no possibility that we’ll all survive the apocalypse. So either way,
communication and becoming friends would be the smartest option. I’ve learned
that the best thing to do if there’s ever an apocalypse is to come together as
one for the better good of mankind. The reason being is because when you’re in
a situation, where everyone is in need, it’s best to come together in order to
fight for survival.
There’s
no promise that Montgomery will ever be at its best, but if people can live
together and be open to differences, I’m sure there will still be life here in
Montgomery if an apocalypse sparked. I feel like the ones that will have an advantage
when an apocalypse is active, are the ones who’ve never been on the outside
looking in. Those are the people who can adapt to their environment and their
surroundings. Will this lifestyle spread throughout the state of Alabama if its
capital has a downfall? Not exactly, however I do believe new concept of being will
start to develop. If a town gets abandoned, usually there’s no real means of
living available, such as doctors, lawyers, firefighters, law enforcement,
and people in general. Without a new way
of thinking and being, the citizens of Montgomery can cause their own demise.
The
main sources of consumption when there’s an apocalypse are going to be to help
one another and not be divided by the previous society. All that would be left
to fear is ourselves and God. We would have to improvise and do things
different to protect this land and our values. We would be so exposed to so
many tragedies that we would have to try and avoid death. Food definitely will
be scarce and crops would become an issue. Because like I described before, everything
will be limited. Trying to find something to eat will be hard, hunting for
fresh meat will be a problem. We would no longer be able to spot a deer around
Montgomery anymore, lol! So, I wouldn’t be surprised to see people going back
to their roots and hunting different types of animals with spears, guns and
machetes.
In conclusion, I believe if an actual apocalypse were to
occur in Montgomery, Alabama health issues will occur, population rates will go
down, crime will increase and migrations will become the norm. I don’t believe
that a resolution can be developed in this type of situation unless the
insanity going on today ceases.
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