Informative Essay: The Walking Dead Virus

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My favorite show has to be the Walking Dead. I started watching the Walking Dead in the middle of season one, no matter what Caleb says, I started watching it earlier than whatever he tells you. Anyway, the Walking Dead is my favorite show because it is obviously not real, but it seems to be. I live almost all the characters, even the evil ones, and it's full of great actors and actresses.
The ZA (zombie apocalypse) started when an obviously dangerous virus started to spread. Neither the show nor the comics fully explain what exactly started the outbreak, but there will be a spin-off show coming out this summer that may explain how it started. The only thing that anyone knows about the virus is that it only affects humans (as of now), everyone has it, it remains dormant in the brain, and once anyone with the virus dies (everyone basically), the virus begins to activate therefor, reanimating the body. In my opinion, this virus is probably, and most likely, airborne.
This show started off in Rick Grimes' POV, but after a season or two, almost everyone turned
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At first, she was more so that depressed farmer girl that didn't have any idea of what was going on. Later though, in season four (when she and Daryl had to stick together), she showed how strong she really was. She probably had the most honorable death in the show. In season five (the season that just ended), she was 'saved' by a group of people that were trying to start a community. Although, she didn't necessarily need to be saved, they saved her anyway. She ended up in a hospital where there was one doctor, and a ton of police officers. Originally, their plan was to survive on more of a greedy point of view, not taking people in, but then they 'rescued' people and those people had to pay off their debt by working at the hospital. Beth tried to stand up for one of the 'rescued' people there, Noah, but Dawn, the leader, accidentally shot her and she

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