It's the zombie apocalypse. All hell has broken loose, there are few in the group you can trust as you search for shelter and food. Usually the person in charge is a man and we hope that it is someone who can lead a group. The film I chose to talk about is Shaun of the Dead, a British zombie romantic comedy directed by Edgar Wright. Shaun of the Dead was heavily influenced by George Romero's Shaun of the Dead trilogy, hence the film's parody title. The main character of the film is obviously Shaun, played by the actor and co-writer of the film, Simon Pegg. His character is the last man we would expect to want to save the world or be the leader of a group of people, and the film shows him using a form of satirical humor called Menippean satire. “Menippean satire takes its name from the 3rd century BC Menippus” (“Menippean Satire,” Wikipedia). According to the Collins American Dictionary, “Menippean satire is defined as a form of satire with an indirect and unrealistic approach. It typically consists of a loosely organized narrative that incorporates a series of dialogues between representatives of various points of view” (Collins). Shaun of the Dead uses Menippean satire as a means to demonstrate the metaphorical connection between zombies and human society by having zombies represent consumerism. Similarities shared by zombies and humans include being aimless and adapting to the trend or next best thing. We see it represented daily in social media and social media. This film uses zombies to represent society in the form of consumerism and how the daily activities of human life can quickly become routine, foreshadowing consumerism in the sense of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. behaving like zombies), including the idea that Shaun you represent change and the common man in the film. The idea of ​​feeling aimless and the feeling of being purposeless