Avery WellsProfessor WilkenfeldEnglish 10202/08/14“All men and women are created equal”On July 4, 1776, it was said that all men are created equal. What the Declaration of Independence failed to mention was women. This seems to be a common theme throughout American history and is still a problem today. Men are constantly put on a pedestal, while women are forced to assume the position of admiring them. Zombieland (2009) tends to draw on these “old-fashioned” methods and shed new light on the fact that women too can be equal to, or even better than, some men. To give you a quick summary, Zombieland is a movie about four main characters, Witchita, Little Rock, Tallahassee and Columbus. Little Rock and Witchita are both females, while Tallahassee and Columbus are both males. The film tells the adventures that these four main characters must face in order to kill all the zombies that have invaded their lands to save the human race. As ridiculous as this movie may seem, my family and I discovered that the director was trying to make a much more important point. The director was trying to convey that women can be just as powerful as men, at least that's my interpretation of the film. Although many scenes in Zombieland show women as inferior and dependent on men, I feel like women are also depicted as being just as strong as men and are often seen transcending the stereotype imposed on them. This was evident in many situations where two of the female main characters, Wichita and Little Rock, often outsmarted the two male main characters, Tallahassee and Columbus. Little Rock and Wichita often acted like they needed Tallahassee and Columbus... middle of paper ...... Rock tricked the gas station man into giving them money using their beauty and charm. Ultimately, Zombieland may be a lesson for our founding fathers. They would have learned to look at women in a new light. They wouldn't think of them as dependent little people. Instead, they would make sure to demand respect, just like men and like everyone should. They would see them as independent and more than capable human beings on this earth. In fact, I believe that if our founding fathers had seen Zombieland, they too would agree that the only people who should be disenfranchised are zombies. They would see that women are just as equal as men. If this new perspective had been discovered earlier, one of the most important documents in history, the Declaration of Independence, would have been interpreted with the following words: "All men and women are created equal.”.