Analysis Of You Shouldn 'T Have Taken The Knife Away'

Analysis and Interpretation Essay The scene, “You shouldn’t have taken the knife away” between Andrea and Lori from the Walking Dead shows how gender roles is still an issue during a zombie apocalypse in a supernatural fiction TV series. This scene really shows that issue by how these ladies are dressed and their posture, how Lori argues that Andrea should start helping the ladies out and leave the guy work to the men. Even during a zombie apocalypse women think that they’re required to stick to the jobs they are expected to do. When the scene start we see Andrea and Lori listening to the argument between Beth (the teenager who tried to commit suicide) and her sister, Maggie. Lori is seating on top the counter almost ladylike while Andrea is on the other side of the kitchen leaning against the counter like some men would stand. We also see Andrea is dress in this manly look with dark colors while Lori is dressed more ladylike in light colors. This shows right away that Andrea is trying to break free from the gender roles issues. When Andrea says “I contribute, I help keep this place safe,” Lori tells her that the man don’t need her help that they can do it on their own. They talking about keeping watch and killing any walkers that come close to where they are. Which it is the job only for men according to Lori. After …show more content…
Because society right now is telling us that women should do the “women’s” job and men do the “men’s” job. Why can both genders do the same jobs? The most important thing in this show is surviving and protecting the people that you love. But because society imprinted in our minds that women should do a men’s job its building conflict between these two women. its building a wall between them and bringing them apart. When instead they should come together and figure out how they are going to keep on surviving and fighting against the