Plants' Roles in a Zombie Apocalypse

"Describe one or more possible roles plants could play in the future of humanity.  How are these roles different than what occurred in the past?"


There are of course several fascinating roles that Earth's plants can play in the future, but for today I would like to discuss how they can potentially help in a zombie apocalypse.  I know this sounds ridiculous, but I always do serious reports, so I thought that I would go ahead and have a little fun with this one.

Beacause of the thorns, rose bushes like this
one would make very good fences around
your home, to ward off any hostile zombie
virus survivors.

If something as impossible as the zombie apocalypse were to happen, plants would play an absolutely vital role in people's everyday lives.  For instance, vines could be used as rope in order to serve as a temporary fix for broken fences, many medicinal herbs could be used to prevent/cure illnesses, trees could be used as "safe houses" because it would be difficult for a mindless rotting zombie to climb a ladder successfully, and people could also use different kinds of plants as camouflage for either them, or for their houses.

Now we come to the question "How are these roles different than what occurred in the past?".  The answer is terribly simple.  In the past, there wasn't a zombie apocalypse.  Since there was never a zombie apocalypse, people never had to build zombie proof homes, or attempt to find a cure for the zombie virus using medicinal herbs.  If the zombie virus had never hit before, these things would be completely different concepts than in the past.

Thank you so much for reading this essay, and I hope that it gave you had a good laugh!
 

Optimism in Livy and Ovid

"Was there any basis for an optimistic view of Rome in Livy and Ovid?"


     Can we find any basis for an optimistic view of Rome?  I think that we absolutely can!  For instance, In Livy, when the Sabine women are kidnapped, they end up giving in after a while and their children became Rome's first offspring.  I suppose that there is reason for optimism there.  

     In Ovid we see that two people did survive the flood of Jupiter.  They were even allowed to continue the human race.  So, was there any basis for an optimistic view?  Yes, I believe that there was.

Thank you for reading, and please let me know what you think!