The Walking Dead is classified as an American horror drama television series that focuses on life in a zombie apocalyptic world. For my analysis, I watched season one, episode three, of the walking dead; the setting takes place at a camp and continues to be in various areas of the camp throughout the episode. The camp consists of about twenty people who have all decided to join together, so that they do not have to fight zombies alone; there are many families, but also single men and women. From the beginning, people, both men and women, struggled with what roles they should follow in this new society, making it significant as an object of study for the feminist analysis. In the new society, women and men are following their stereotypical roles,
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During the episode, a group comes back to the camp after going on a mission and as soon as Glen drives up, Amy runs to the car, almost in tears, asking if Andrea made it back; this shows the type or attitude that women are allowed to express. Continuing, men are seen as more logical; when a group of people are deciding to go back to the city to find the guns that they had lost; all the women feel as though it is not necessary to go back, but the men think otherwise. Since women are considered irrational, there decision is not considered by the men. The men are thinking logically about what would be best in the long run of a zombie apocalyptic world; this proves to be the most rational decision in the episodes that follow, because without guns many more people would’ve been …show more content…
Men are stereotypically the only active people, but Andrea is a girl who is active in some parts of the show; she is just one of the girls who goes on the mission to the city with the men, therefore, while typically being told to be passive, she is active. Also, men are not supposed to be emotional, but during the show, they do express emotion at some points. When Rick reunites with his family, he is crying; showing emotion is a feminine trait, but Rick expresses
During the episode, a group comes back to the camp after going on a mission and as soon as Glen drives up, Amy runs to the car, almost in tears, asking if Andrea made it back; this shows the type or attitude that women are allowed to express. Continuing, men are seen as more logical; when a group of people are deciding to go back to the city to find the guns that they had lost; all the women feel as though it is not necessary to go back, but the men think otherwise. Since women are considered irrational, there decision is not considered by the men. The men are thinking logically about what would be best in the long run of a zombie apocalyptic world; this proves to be the most rational decision in the episodes that follow, because without guns many more people would’ve been …show more content…
Men are stereotypically the only active people, but Andrea is a girl who is active in some parts of the show; she is just one of the girls who goes on the mission to the city with the men, therefore, while typically being told to be passive, she is active. Also, men are not supposed to be emotional, but during the show, they do express emotion at some points. When Rick reunites with his family, he is crying; showing emotion is a feminine trait, but Rick expresses