Community Means Survival
When it comes to survival Leah A. Murray in her article, “When They Aren’t Eating Us, They Bring Us Together: Zombies and the American Social Contract” suggests that individuals that have a community built on a common goal gives these people the best odds of surviving a Posthuman event. The episode “Killer Within” of The Walking Dead shows Rick, Carol, Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl acting individualistic towards members not in their pre-established community in an effort to protect themselves from potential dangers. However, T-Dog demonstrates a communitarian approach by wanting to allow new people to join their community. According to Murray individualism is when individuals are self-reliant and put their needs in front …show more content…
Carol says that “They are convicts bottom line,” implying that the fact that they are prisoners is enough evidence to prove they are untrustworthy. Daryl responds to that by saying just because they are convicts does not mean they cannot be trusted. He could have easily been in prison with them before the world changed, but then adds that they should fend for themselves on the streets just like they had to do. To him, it does not matter how trustworthy they are. He has the individualistic tendency of thinking they fought for this, they earned it, and they do not have to share. Carol also talks about how they have worked so hard for what they have now and does not want to risk it being destroyed by trusting these new people. These arguments are similar to Murray’s analysis of Dawn of the Dead because in both situations the characters act individualistic when thinking the place is theirs and they are the ones that get to benefit from it instead of sharing the resources and working together. Which ends up bringing both groups into bad situations (Murray 215). Maggie brings up that it has just been them for so long and it is strange to have others around. The prisoners are strangers to them, and because they do not know them Maggie’s individualistic viewpoint leads her to be more …show more content…
He sees how acting as a community with the goal of surviving together may be in everyone’s best interest. He tells the group if they send them off on their own they might as well be executing them themselves. They do not know how the world is outside those gates and would not be able to survive without their help. He understands how the prisoner’s lives are in their hands. If they let them stay they have a chance at living. T-Dog relates to the prisoners position because he was once in a similar situation with Rick and his group. He tries to reason with the group by reminding them of this and that at one point they accepted him into their community when they did not have to. They formed a communitarian contract when they connected through a common bond of surviving together (Murray 218). He asks why should this time be any different. T-Dog knows this group is based on community and not individual needs and he wants to remind them of this. Blinded by their survival instincts, the group forgot to think of what the community could gain from these new people and the lives they could be
When it comes to survival Leah A. Murray in her article, “When They Aren’t Eating Us, They Bring Us Together: Zombies and the American Social Contract” suggests that individuals that have a community built on a common goal gives these people the best odds of surviving a Posthuman event. The episode “Killer Within” of The Walking Dead shows Rick, Carol, Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl acting individualistic towards members not in their pre-established community in an effort to protect themselves from potential dangers. However, T-Dog demonstrates a communitarian approach by wanting to allow new people to join their community. According to Murray individualism is when individuals are self-reliant and put their needs in front …show more content…
Carol says that “They are convicts bottom line,” implying that the fact that they are prisoners is enough evidence to prove they are untrustworthy. Daryl responds to that by saying just because they are convicts does not mean they cannot be trusted. He could have easily been in prison with them before the world changed, but then adds that they should fend for themselves on the streets just like they had to do. To him, it does not matter how trustworthy they are. He has the individualistic tendency of thinking they fought for this, they earned it, and they do not have to share. Carol also talks about how they have worked so hard for what they have now and does not want to risk it being destroyed by trusting these new people. These arguments are similar to Murray’s analysis of Dawn of the Dead because in both situations the characters act individualistic when thinking the place is theirs and they are the ones that get to benefit from it instead of sharing the resources and working together. Which ends up bringing both groups into bad situations (Murray 215). Maggie brings up that it has just been them for so long and it is strange to have others around. The prisoners are strangers to them, and because they do not know them Maggie’s individualistic viewpoint leads her to be more …show more content…
He sees how acting as a community with the goal of surviving together may be in everyone’s best interest. He tells the group if they send them off on their own they might as well be executing them themselves. They do not know how the world is outside those gates and would not be able to survive without their help. He understands how the prisoner’s lives are in their hands. If they let them stay they have a chance at living. T-Dog relates to the prisoners position because he was once in a similar situation with Rick and his group. He tries to reason with the group by reminding them of this and that at one point they accepted him into their community when they did not have to. They formed a communitarian contract when they connected through a common bond of surviving together (Murray 218). He asks why should this time be any different. T-Dog knows this group is based on community and not individual needs and he wants to remind them of this. Blinded by their survival instincts, the group forgot to think of what the community could gain from these new people and the lives they could be