The Walking Dead Character Analysis

In the television series, “The Walking Dead”, written by Frank Darabont, County Sheriff Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma, to find a lonely, destroyed world. An unknown virus had broken out and a cure was being searched for. This unknown virus had created a zombie epidemic the world had never seen before. This zombie epidemic resulted in people fleeing to Atlanta, Georgia for safety. As the story goes on, Rick is on the search for his wife and son, Lori and Carl (“Days Gone By”). Furthermore, we watch the psychology behind every one surviving each tragedy in their individual lives. The main things they must overcome is deaths and reforming their minds to doing what is best, which could possibly be committing murder for some. Their main focus is to find their loved ones and get to safety, as well as search for a possible cure along the way.
The theory of psychoanalysis speaks of human behavior after incidents in one’s life and the subconscious in the mind and the creative process (Seigels). According to …show more content…
All alone, County Sheriff Rick Grimes awakens from his coma to find the world in utter chaos after being shot during a high speed chase. Stumbling through the abandoned hospital, ripping off the medical tubes coming from inside him, he searches for answers and gratification in a human. “The Walking Dead” is the story of the months that zoom past while Rick looks for human survivors within the zombie apocalypse. The mindless bodies are known as the Walkers and Rick’s main agenda is to find his wife and young son, Lori and Carl. As he starts on this dreadful search he comes across a man and son. From them, he gets the information that his wife and son may have fled to Atlanta with others in search of survival. Atlanta is where the quarantine free zone is said to be located. With this newfound information, Rick suits up for battle with armor and ammo (“Days Gone