Clum: A Horror Story

The Walking Dead is a TV series on AMC which follows a group and their experiences in a post “zombie” apocalyptic world following what is seen as the decimation of America by a disease which turns people into infected, brain-dead, flesh eating corpses, which from now on will be called “walkers” like in the show. Throughout this analysis various scenes will be depicted from the majority of the five seasons, most of which will be largely impactful on the development of the characters and their mental adaptation into the new world. Rick Grimes is the main character, and will be the target for analysis; however there are many other characters which have a great impact on his progression as they are substantial motivation for Rick. The following characters are very impactful on Rick and two specifically are seen to die which causes incredible trauma for Rick. Lori, Rick’s wife, and Shane, Ricks former partner in the police force are the two characters are seen to die as the series progresses. Shane is the first extremely impactful death which will be analyzed in detail, and Lori’s comes later but is equally if not more impactful in the adaptation of Rick to this new world. Other Characters such as Carl, Rick’s son and Judith, Rick’s baby daughter, will be mentioned as they are others members of Rick’s family and have an impact on his motivation. Although there are other characters, they will be largely neglected as they play little role in the analysis and argument that is

At the beginning, Rick is very confused. He doesn’t know what’s going on, and is horrified when he discovers the truth of what happened to the world. His immediate thought is to run home to see if his family is okay, in which he discovers that they’re not there. Up till then, he’s been so confused

It became truly serious to John Rick when one afternoon, a court official and other ten men came to his house to arrest his wife. Mrs. Rick was similar to Mrs. Nurse, a virtous and pious Christian woman. John Rick had nearly gone mad; half of his mind told him if his wife was indeed innocent, she would be released. The other half reminded him of Mrs. Nurse’s and Simpson’s deaths. That night, he went around in the town to convince people to sign in a petition for his wife. By the

The bullets nearly hitting him missing by less than an inch, Rick cut straight right leading himself to an abandoned shack. The shack reminded him of the old house where the old man who every kid on the block thought was evil. This brought back the fearful memories of his older brother dragging him to the front of the old houses porch and him crying, fearing for his life. He opened the door to the old house, the creaking of the door sounded just like the door to

Rick and Nick were inseparable. Ever since they were born they did everything together. They met in the hospital just after they were born. Nick was born beautifully with no problems at twenty inches long and eight pounds. His parents had an amazed satisfied smile on their face. However, in the room across the hall, about ten doctors huddled around Rick's mother in bed. “MOTHER DOWN! MOTHER DOWN! OPEN UP OPERATION ROOM ONE!” She only had a glimpse of her newborn before fainting unconsciously. Ricks mother had died from the birth. When the doctors went in to inform her husband of her death,

Rick is a 25 years boy, full of wishes that he doesn’t know from where they came from or to where they will get him. Although his parents try to push him into daily responsibilities, Jeff believes they should give him everything – money, house, and love. After all, they’re rich. When seeing life with a different perspective, the desperation takes his sleep away and he turns into an impulsive desperate person, capable of unimaginable attitudes.

This was no joke something really did happen to all the folks in town and Ranger Rick was determined to get to the bottom of it even if it was the last thing he did. He thought about heading back to his shack for a safer spot to gather his items, but it was far away and Rick didn't know how much time he had left to solve this peculiar mystery. So as rebellious as it felt Rick took a seat in the Sheriff's chair. No one was allowed to sit there, but he figured the Sheriff wasn't around to see it so it would be

Rick puts the truck in park. "We will rest here until morning." The three of us in the back waited for someone to open the back hatch to get out instead of climbing over the seats in front of us. I'm the first one to touch my feet to the ground, then I grab a hold of Carl's arm and guide him out while he holds Judith in his arms. He shuffles to the side, all while I take hold of Noah's hand helping him down and not further his injury. "Thank you." "No problem, you're apart of this group now." He faintly smiles. You can't see it, but you know he is grateful to be with us versus at the hospital or alone somewhere in the city. Carl extends his arm out to me from my right. "Let's get settled before it gets too dark." I slide until I'm directly next to Carl, then spinning, allowing him to wrap his arm around my waist. Daryl found an opening a few feet into the trees for the group to use for the night. Him and Rick also started a small fire in the center. Daryl was sitting on the ground, using a tree as support, carving something with his knife. I sat where I stood, never taking my eyes off him. Eventually he caught my eye. Daryl stared for a split second then looked away. I sighed. He's hurting and it hurts me. I felt Carl slide down beside me. I kept my eyes and thoughts on Daryl. "He just needs some space for right now." Rick pulled me out of my daze. "I know." He retrieved Judith from

Rick in the episode “Guts” just being introduced into the group has heard a commotion of gunshots being fired from the top of the building. The whole group rushes upstairs to see Merle Dixon firing away at zombies attracting more and more until T Dog confronts Merle. Merle terrifies the whole group impelling T Dog to the concrete demanding leadership until Rick knocks Merle to ground handcuffing him to the roof. This brings hope into the group in which the group without rick the group was too weak to fend for their self and couldn’t of stop Merle from killing T Dog and hurting them. People started looking up to Rick more as a leader. Later on in that episode, Andrea was eyeballing a piece of jewelry wanting that some sort of approval from Rick to take it. Rick “Why don’t you take it”. Andrea “Because there is a cop staring at me”. She didn’t want to take it because she

Rick, who was drunk, wasn’t paying attention and got in a crash. He got put in juvenile detention for his consequences. Rick got invited to play for a Rugby team. If Rick played, then he would get his time in juvy cut back. Rick ended up playing for the rugby team.

“Sometimes I wonder if you even care about us at all.” As Rick explains to Shane the situation in which Lori, his wife, made this comment to him in front of their son, Carl, in season one of The Walking Dead, you can tell that this was something the stung and really hurt Rick inside. He goes on to say that “the difference between men and women is a man would never say something so cruel.” This may or may not be true, but the fact that he made this comment shows that there is obvious resentment that he has for his wife, and shows that she may not trust him as the caregiver for their family. What is incredible about this situation is the fact that this all seemingly was able to go away after Rick fought through

Stony silence greeted his question, and stopping next to the staircase, he closed his eyes and inhaled several deep, calming breaths. He had trained for this type of situation, and he knew the best way to help Tom was to put his emotions to one side and start behaving like an experienced police officer.

This is sure to hurt Rick but he can find solace in the form of his wife as she is also rumored to

“Oh shit, man! I'm so sorry!” The condolences come from Rick, a friend from high school. We graduated last year, and now I see a lot less of him. I assume he's spending most of his time in his altsphere of choice. “I know how much you loved that character.”

It was early morning, Rick tried his best to get up for school, but his body refused to even move. It took an astounding 25 minutes for Rick to even stand up correctly without falling face-first straight into the wood floor. When he finally had the energy to move, he trudged across the hallway, while his eyes still half closed. Rick’s Mother shouted like an elephant who had been bitten by a lion. Rick jumped up with adrenaline rushing through his system, trying to hastily complete his morning routine. When Rick was done, he ran down the stairs with a big smile on his face when smelling the bacon and eggs in the kitchen. The dining room looked like it was forced into a corner of the house, which made it difficult to maneuver through. Upon sitting