The monster narrative requires a military-scientific restoration of homeland

Evidence

Carol resists the urge to fall asleep and become one of “them,” shoots Ben in the leg, and makes a run for it with Oliver. They are rescued on a rooftop by a military helicopter, barely escaping the throngs of zombies below. In the end, the mass mobilization of the US military and its government agencies—including its most brilliant scientists—save the day. The helicopter heads to a military base, where Oliver’s blood is used to create a vaccine that will cure the infected and restore America to what it once was. The homeland has been restored by the military, just as it was after 9/11. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 727

Categorization

• XREF: Restoration-by-military closing mirrors the recurring structure the reader traces: the monster must be vanquished for the society to reconstitute itself. Also links to the sacrificial/cathartic logic in the ‘On Sacrifice’ article theme.