errors. Unfortunately, I made several mistakes that caused my first draft being deceptive. I compared a fictional group with another fictional group, which was an awful move that would weaken my original attitude. I used the fictional TV show, The Walking Dead, as my evidence in the…
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The Walking Dead (AMC, 2010-) is an award winning post-apocalyptic television show broadcasted on AMC. (Seibert, 2016) The show is unique due to its production style as while it is a horror television drama, it is produced to have the look and feel of a full-length feature movie (Stelter, 2014). The first season was premiered in 2010 and has since grown in popularity over the past 6 years, reaching its sixth season recently in 2016. The show is full of interesting aspects that has helped it to gain…
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are common themes about the breakdown of modern society in epic sagas about the dreaded zombie apocalypse. Most of the themes are just about infected zombies who have infiltrated society and groups of people struggling to survive. What makes The Walking Dead series different from other zombie shows is the importance of relationship building among a diverse group of strangers who have survived and formed an unconventional family. The series focuses on long-term individual, social, and moral consequences…
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to watch them. The ones I like the most are scripted series like; The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, CSI Miami, Lost, etc. I find myself very interested into these type of television shows even I know there are fake simply because it’s amazing what people can come up with and keep people interested season after season. Out of all the shows that I watch I would like to say that my top two are Lost and The Walking Dead, they both are very different but they have a lot of things in common that…
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The definition of the other was something that was different or a person who acted differently as the other in the same group. Most of the horror movies had villains who wanted to start a conflict with the main characters. For all protagonists in the films, the villains were the other because they were abnormal. For example, in the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Sally and her companions picked up a hitchhiker during they went to Sally’s grandfather’s house. They were afraid to the hitchhiker…
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The One More Revolution A preacher once said, “We have a bunch of walking dead around here. But Jesus came to give life!” It sparked me to think of the people who discuss the show, The Walking Dead. The show is based on a comic book series about a family’s survival after a zombie apocalypse. (We personally do not watch it.) Curiosity began to settle inside my brain. How many undercover zombies do we pass on the daily basis? People whom are lost, in pain, suicidal, etc. are all around us. They…
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The Walking Dead would “blow peoples socks off” (“The Walking Dead Review”). The Walking Dead is a big hit for many years on television. It catches the attention of people who have an interest in zombies. In the show it goes from surviving out the middle of the woods to facing hordes of zombies. The Walking Dead can never stop amusing people. The show creates the idea of fear all through out the show. Some never know when their favorite character would die. But for them to be alive they have to survive…
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looking out for the team as a whole to accomplish the main goal of surviving. In AMC The Walking Dead, the show centers on what seems to be the end of the world, where an epidemic swept the world, and now the dead are walking around and feeding on the living. During this turn of events society has completely crumbled, with no sense of community, no government, it’s just everyone for themselves fighting for survival and a place to lay their head safely every night, Its said that the title is in reference…
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The impending rise of the walking dead creeps closer and closer as the days pass. The exact time is uncertain, but its occurrence is inevitable. Many have begun preparing for the dawn of the dead, stocking up on valuable resources such as shelter, food and water, and weapons, all of which are key factors to surviving the zombie apocalypse. Initially, shelter must be established. A well concealed building, such as a prison, is an ideal shelter from zombies. It is large enough to accommodate a large…
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function as a guide in the event of an imminent zombie outbreak. Private citizens have limited access to sophisticated weapons or devices replying on basic essentials for survival. This manual emphasizes on two key components; (i) preparation and (ii) survival. Preparation will allow one to be ready at a moment’s notice. Survival relies on one’s knowledge for gathering basis essentials. The apocalypse will bring total chaos and anarchy with law enforcement failing “to protect and serve” us.…
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