The Walking Dead Analysis The Walking Dead is a television series based on post-apocalyptic life after a viral infection spread throughout earth allowing zombies to take over almost all of the world. The survivors are left with two choices, fight for their lives or turn into a zombie like the rest. The main protagonist in this television show is Rick Grimes who was a cop before this outbreak. He had been shot and in the hospital to wake up to the chaotic mess that is nothing like he has ever seen before. After waking up and leaving the hospital trying to cope with everything that is happening his morals and ethics change and is pushed to extreme levels for survival. This show illustrates how morals and values are qualities that define …show more content…
Along with continuing to help them grow as people, teaching them things in life that they wouldn't have came across if it weren't for this journey. One of the main things that Rick helped the group with was being smart and knowing how to fight without losing any more people than they had to. During season eight episode one, Rick helps prepare the group to fight against another group. In order for this to happen as smoothly and successfully as possible everyone has to do things according to plan, one slight mess up and everything could go wrong. He starts off with a prep talk, not a prep talk stating what they need to do but a prep talk telling them how he talks to Jesus and he explains to them what Jesus tell him. He stats “When I first met him, Jesus said my world would get a whole lot bigger. Well we found that world. We found each other. That bigger world is ours, by right. We have come together for it”. He's explaining that everything that is going on is happening for a reason. He is giving each and everyone in the group the motivation to go out and fight their hardest because they were all put into the group together for a reason. Which is part of the reason that they all have trust and faith in each other. They know that not everyone out there is willing to help each other, some people are out there to stay alive not working as a team which is destroying them instead of helping. They want a better world and the only way to make that
It starts out as finding a safe place from the zombies, but later, as the group is more and more confident in their defense against the zombies, it becomes about protecting themselves from other groups of non-zombies. Paul A. Cantor explains in his story that “this show suggests that its characters must ultimately reply on themselves and their own resources. In various flashbacks, we learn that, prior to the zombie plague, the husband and wives were generally unhappy in their marriages, with soap opera consequences.” (290) The greatest example of survival skills on the Walking Dead, comes from a character named Carol. Watching season 1, you would’ve never imagined Carol being alive in season 7. In the beginning, Carol’s character is a beaten down mousy housewife and mother. Her husband was very emotionally and physically abusive. This vicious cycle of abuse left Carol with little self-worth that left her mentally unprepared for survival skills needed in this zombie apocalypse. Carol quickly realizes that she needs to take matters into her own hands and makes tough decisions that no one in the group will. She eventually becomes so passionate about self-preservation that she starts teaching knife skills to children in their group. Another example of how ruthless her survival skills evolved, she takes a murderess child to the field and tells her “look at the pretty flowers,” and then shoots her in the back of the
In the prologue of Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger, football team, Panther, has players who have fears/problems to overcome before a important game with their biggest rival the Midland Lee. The main characters include Boobie Miles who had dealt with a tragic accident on his knee the last game he played causing him to get surgery leading him to not play as well as he did before, Jerrod McDougal who knows he can’t make a collage team because of his height, Mike Winchell who lives in poverty with his mother, Ivory Christian who has a love/hate relationship with football, and Brian Chavez who is a gifted football player and student being on top in every class.
James Parker essay “Our Zombies, Ourselves,” informs readers that the zombie has almost outranked the vampire, and why they’re so popular. This undead monster originated from a Caribbean folk nightmare and was adapted over time by, the Halperin brothers, William Seabrook and George Romero and numerous others. Much like the vampire, zombies owe their fame to the progressiveness of technology, allowing them to consistently invade various media forms. The zombie has infested countless tv shows, movies, video games, and books, throughout the 21st century. Zombies themselves are soulless corpses who were regurgitated back into the world of the living. This making them rejects from the underworld, this presents the zombie as rejected yet inexpungable. What makes the zombie so popular, however, is that symbolizes everything that is rejected by humanity. “Much can be made of him, because he makes so little of himself. He comes back, He comes back, feebly but unstoppably” (Parker). The zombie represents humanity itself as well as what is rejected by humanity. Much like individuals today, the zombie is burdened by life’s demands, converting to nothing but a rotting, groaning human shell that stumbles through life without a purpose. The zombie is symbolizer of the real world, and all things irrepressible, whereas the vampire is a symbol of an alternate world and all things
Rick is not a perfect man but a man of integrity, reliability, and sympathy. First of all, he is kind to his employees. Emil, a banker in a gambling game, lets a man win 20,000 francs and asks Rick for some money. Rick is not unhappy and said “mistake like that happen all the time”. Moreover, he helps a young lady get
The pages of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury were to show a plausible disaster in America, even though the events never happened; it could still come true to an extent. We can see why Mr. Bradbury made such a novel as to bring the idea of what could happen to our minds. If we stray from the knowledge seeking ways we contain in our society, we would and still might find the tides of conformity flush away our humanity. We do strive to keep this disastrous dystopia only created in our dreaded thoughts and ideas. If such a change occurred here, we would address the situation as a hazard of a great form, a situation that makes us into a type of zombie. Yes, some kind of zombie, they might be as the undead community as to always keep a fake smile. Yet, we cannot help but wonder; what makes a zombie? Is it the need for basic brain activity involvement every minute of their shallow lives? Possibly, the hidden depression that weighs their legs down gives them the sight of zombie drags? We could speculate that maybe these zombies of Fahrenheit 451 just look hungrily for love! Always to be dissatisfied by the quick and sudden luxuries. Zombies are the end to the survival of the majority population in humanity; this is why seeing Millie, firemen, and the city as zombies is okay, they prove the former statement through their actions of conformity. To understand and solve these questions and statements we will dive into the meanings of conformity and individuality, how Montag the protagonist of this novel sees the world, and we will chose in our own minds through this information the evils and goods between conformed life and independent persons.
While facing death in every direction, whether from walkers, physical or mental illness, other people, or even the idea of suicide, the world in which Rick and his group live within is a hardened and cold one. Even as such is true, these people still crave survival and must do so by having food and water inside them and supplies on their back. But what would these people be able to eat as a constant food source you may ask? Well the answer is not a constant one but why not look inside the diet of such people. With much hunting and gathering to be accomplished, nutrients are needed, thus the day is usually started off with fresh garden vegetables or whatever they can muster up from the trees and dirt around them in their
... try to secure the downtown area, they were quickly overrun by the zombie horde. After hiding in a burned-out tank, Rick is eventually recused by a group of survivors who have been making risky supply runs into the city. When he returns to the group’s camp outside the city limits, he discovers that his wife, son, and best friend are also part of this rag-tag band. After the tearful reunion, the question of what to do next drives the subsequent episodes.
Did you know that the word zombies come from African and Haitian people? From the legends regarding voodoo doctors that they believe used to and might still do. Bring back the dead for a short amount of time and turn the to mindless slaves. That will follow their every order with no hesitation. Which is actually like the walkers are doing in the Walking Dead but they weren't raised from the dead. I mean they were but not literally the virus brought them back, not a person. Same goes for Kitchenette Building the speaker is not a zombie or a walker but she might as well be. The fact that she continues to live a life she doesn't want and doesn’t make changes to fix it. She just continues to do the same thing every day that, I bet anybody
In the movie “Night of the Living Dead” by George A. Romero, we are thrust in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. During this apocalypse, many themes and aspects of human nature are present. This conflict seems to bring out the aspects of humans that show how imperfect we are, in addition to how we function in groups. Before I delve into these topics, I shall begin by summarizing key aspects of the film.
After all the challenges Rick faced through this story in the end everything came down to empathy. His feelings toward the androids, the feelings about animals, the feelings of others, and even the feeling towards himself. Any human being no matter who they are has empathy of some sort. What Philip K. Dick was trying to posses in this story is a world without empathy is like Earth in this story, damaged, contaminated, worthless, contagious, and sad. Be true to whom you are, have empathy for others, and reach for your goals.
Grey’s Anatomy is a popular television show broadcasted on Abc, it is about a cast of surgeons who work at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle Washington. Throughout the seasons the cast has changed greatly because of certain characters dying but the main character is Meredith Grey. The other important characters in the show are, Derek Shepard (Meredith’s husband), Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey, Richard Webber, Callie Torres, Owen Hunt, Arizona Robbins, Jackson Avery, April Kepner, Mark Sloan and Cristina Yang. The show is currently in its 12th season, but I chose to write about an episode from season 8 named, “She’s Gone” In this episode, Meredith and Derek continue to struggle with the adoption process and it is affecting their relationship. With Meredith being fired at the moment things are stressful for the other residents and tensions are forming. Callie and Arizona prepared to leave for a conference coming up.
In the article, “A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism” by Sarah Juliet Lauro and Karen Embry, the authors’ evaluate the idea of the zombie and its connection to capitalism and post-humanism. According to the authors, the zombie represents much more than just a fear, it represents a loss of oneself to many different things, primarily to a capitalist society. The authors have come to the conclusion that humans have a fear of what they cannot control, and that is why the zombie is so big in entertainment. We see zombies everywhere, in movies, books, tv shows, fundraisers, marathons, and so much more. They have been around for decades, but recently they have become very popular. The authors believe this is
Grey's Anatomy's is a great soap opera because the cast is broad and varied. Alex Karev, Meredith Grey, April Kepner, and Cristina Yang are all surgeons who have gone through many professional and personal trials. One character, Dr. Owen Hunt, is the chief of surgery, an Iraq veteran, trauma specialist, and Christina's ex-husband. Callie Torres, an orthopedic surgeon, and Arizona Robbins, a pediatric surgeon, recently married. Dr. Derek Shepherd and Meredith Grey are also married. Dr. Miranda Bailey, an attending surgeon, who is fighting for a seat on the new board, tries her hardest to get through a problem that wasn't her fault, but she can't get over it. Former chief, Richard Webber, tries to find the best in every surgeon, and tells them what they need to hear, even if it is telling them they aren't meant to be a surgeon. These interns aren't just learning how to operate on people, they're trying to figure out how to balance a new job and life, and seeking happiness in a competitive profession. Their choices often lead to life lessons. In other words, the word "Grey" in the show's title could easily refer to its characters' way of living and expression to their everyday obstacles.
One message the show sends to its viewer’s is survival; one must do anything they can to survive but while trying to survive one can also offer help to others who are trying to do the same. In several scenes Rick and the group are seen hunting animals, and entering abandoned houses to find supplies-- medicine, food and guns. The actions the characters take by entering abandoned homes and hunting animals indicate that since there are nearly no stores close by to grab food or medicine, they must now hunt and find their own medicine . Another example of how this show sends a message of survival is when Rick, Michonne, black young women carrying a katana, and Carl, Rick's son, set out to find food for Judith, R...
A series allows for broader representations, therefore a lot more criticism on the postmodern world. The Walking Dead’s ‘walkers’ as the character refer to them on the show, are fictional terrorists - people killing people, except their aims do not go past this, similar to a lot of terrorists in 2017. The media did not hesitate to call Salman Abedi a terrorist. Abedi was killed in the Manchester massacre, hence his intentions were never revealed. To compare, Stephen Paddock who is responsible for the Las Vegas shooting could not be labelled as a terrorist because “We still do not have a clear motive or reason why.” The definition of terrorist does not apply only to ‘Muslims’ howbeit to anyone. It is merely a stereotype that is rapidly corrupting the world. This is the same reason we enjoy zombie movies without contradiction. Terrorism is the second greatest fear in America while zombies are the least according to a Chapman University extensive survey. Zombies are fictional, as one grows up they can separate the real from the fake. Although we are still scared of them, meaning there has to be some truth. Yes, they are brain-eating monsters but they also embody a real life ordeal that we are facing greatly in reality. In The Walking Dead, an audience sees rotting facial features and thinks inhumane, dead. What we fail to notice is the dress codes. They wear everyday clothing.