The Walking Dead

individuals in ways the ‘classic’ monsters could only dream of. Zombies, the undead, terrify us because they are not fully dead, yet are not alive. Zombies are a shell of a body with no life or conscious thought. When facing monsters, individuals become prone to violence against not only monsters, but humans as well. This is exemplified in the episode “Wildfire” in the TV series, The Walking Dead, when a small group of survivors is fighting for their lives against a global plague of zombies.…

Lying in a Apocalypse Eating brains and shooting walkers is in a regular day of the zombie apocalypse. I chose one of my personal favorite shows The Walking Dead. The episode chosen is the first episode of season 6 named First Time Again. The synopsis of the episode is short but has many details in the episode. Also the episode has very few lies, which are said to each other. There is another part of lying in the episode that is ran through the entire series which means more than just lying.…

past few years is “The Walking Dead”. The Walking Dead first broadcast of October 31, 2010 to present have exemplify many critical issues concerned both moral and ethical principles of humanity in a post-apocalyptic future. Fun facts: the series is based on the highly successful comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, who was present during the filming of the first season. The pilot episode spans the first six issues of the comic book series (Thomas, The Walking Dead’ Synopsis and Other…

John Carpenter Pans AMC’s Zombie Series ‘The Walking Dead,’ Says He Didn’t Like it ‘The Walking Dead’ is one of those rare shows that boast of a cult status and massive fan following. It is a rage among horror show aficionados but it looks like some prominent icon from the horror world is not impressed with the zombie series. According to reports, John Carpenter, the man behind popular and successful movies ‘Halloween’ and ‘The Thing,’ has said that he did not like it. He stated that it was just…

from Haitian Voodoo. The Haitian Priests wanted to resurrect the dead by using dark magic. When a person annoys his or her community too much, they hire a priest to zombify him or her. The priest would make him drink a deadly poison from the porcupine fish. The person who drank the poison heart rate would slow almost to a stop, he would breathless and his body temperature would dramatically drop. The townsfolk thinking he was dead, would bury him. Then, as we know, would rise from his grave,…

“The Walking Dead” season 5 has ended and season 6 is about to march in this Sunday, so fans are excited to see how Rick Grimes’ group will handle the humongous zombie threat coming their way. In the finale of The Walking Dead season 5, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) killed one of the residents of Alexandria Safe Zone, and season 6 will see his group gearing up for a huge threat from zombie workers. But little do they know that a different group of creatures is lurking behind the walls of…

the level group of both topics. For example when comparing the concept of white collar skills during economic recession, she drew the comparison of the Walking Dead, how they are is a strict need for…

According to Terri Schwartz article on the 7 Reasons Why The Walking Dead is so Popular,” a major reason is due to the realistic appearance of the zombies. She explains, “Greg Nicotero takes meticulous care for the show’s walkers — largely created with practical effects — to look real as they stumble through the woods…

The Walking Dead is a comic book based television series that first premiered October 31st, 2010 on AMC and is currently on its sixed season. The show is placed is a post Apocalyptic Zombie infested world. The story’s main plot is of struggling survivors trying to stay alive in a world that is overrun by Zombies, otherwise known as “walkers”. The story’s main characters or main group is lead by Rick Grimes. Rick Grimes, a sheriff, awakens from a hospital to find out the world has gone to hell;…

practices that the discourse community used to address on another whenever communicating. There were active members on Tumblr that had a very interactive online community were the fans would write, share, and exchange feedback about The Walking Dead. Studying The Walking Dead I cultivated a way to connect to the fandom community through literacy. When I started this class, I thought literacy was simple just reading and writing. However, this ethnography research on my fandom taught me that…