Daryl Dixon Character Traits

Daryl Dixon is just a guy trying to survive. Daryl grew up in an abusive home with a drunk

as a dad. His mother died in a house fire when he was a little boy, so Daryl took care of

himself most of his life. Daryl did have a brother named Merle Dixon but he was in and out of

jail his whole life and because of that Daryl was mostly alone. Eventually as a adult Daryl

would mostly just follow along with Merle, until the Zombie apocalypse decided to ruin the

world. in the beginning of the outbreak Daryl and Merle came across a group of survivors that

Daryl will be with for a while. Through out the Walking Dead series Daryl evolves from being

an introverted, tough, and kind of rude guy to a more social, caring, and courageous guy.

Daryl has a very tough exterior and interior in this series. He shows this trait in many ways

throughout the Zombie apocalypse. An example of his toughness would be when Daryl fell

down this rock incline and had one of his arrows go into his side.

Daryl still fought off

walkers(zombies) and climbed back up the rock incline with the arrow still in his side. I

personally think Daryl life as a kid is what made him so tough and why he had such a hard

exterior. This trait is indirect because its not verbally stated that Daryl is tough but everyone

picks up on it through his actions.

Brave is a very good word to describe Daryl Dixon. Daryl has had to be brave his whole life,

mostly at home when he was a kid but it has now carried through to the zombie apocalypse.

Daryl shows this trait in every episode of the Walking Dead. An example would have to be

when Daryl and Carol went looking for Beth in the dangerous city with the crazy cops housed in

the hospital with beth. This trait is indirect because its not stated but everyone knows that Daryl

Dixon is a brave guy. They know this because of all the things Daryl has done to protect the

group he is with.

Daryl is a very caring person. He doesn't really like to show this side of him. I think he

doesn't want to let anyone in because of the fear of getting hurt or shut out. Daryl also is not

use

to anyone caring or acting like they care about i'm so he thinks he needs to do the same to

others. An example of Daryl being caring would be when he went out looking for Carols missing

daughter Sofia even though he didn't have to.

This trait would be both indirect and direct

because Carol does tell Daryl that he is caring but you can also tell he is caring by the things he

does throughout the series.

Daryl is definitely a dynamic character. He changes throughout the Walking Dead series.

He starts to open up more and more throughout their survival together. In the beginning Daryl

acted kinda rude and very introverted toward the other group members. One of his main

problems was he didn't know how to express himself to others or basically just didn't know

how to be a peoples person. Over time you can tell how Daryl is evolving. He starts to be

more close to the group members and actually talking with them. He even considers Rick as a

brother figure to him.

It is really important in analyzing the characters. It helps you understand the characters

more. you will most likely know why they did something. There actions will make more sense

to you if you know the character. An example would be when Carol went to go touch Daryl

and he flinched. Since daryl Grew up in an abusive home he’s not use to being touched or

people showing emotion towards him. If you knew that information you would understand why

he

flinched.

Daryl is tough because he can take pain and not whine. He is brave because he will do

anything to protect the group.Daryl really cares for his group members and he thinks of them

as family so that makes him very caring. The things Daryl has done throughout the series has proven how caring, tough, and brave he is. I think The Walking Dead would be nothing without Daryl Dixon.