The Walking Dead By Rick Grimes

This is an analysis of motivating factors in Stephen King’s novel, The Long Walk. This analysis will be connecting some of the themes and terms used in Professor Maclin’s Motivation and Emotion hybrid course to the book’s main character, Garraty and his small group of allies. Physiological needs used in the novel include themes such as the need for homeostasis. Motivation is a strong factor in the novel and will be connected to the textbook’s chapter associated with information about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Finally, this analysis will expand on psychological needs; focusing mostly on the character’s need for relatedness will be covered in relation to the Stephen King novel.

In both Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society, the nature of father and son relationships are dependant on communication, the level of compromise that each is willing to give, and how each respond to one another. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the village of Umuofia is a place where men are no less than warriors, and must fight for their social status. In the movie, Dead Poets Society, Welton is a strict school that has set rules that shall be followed, and if disobeyed, the students will face consequences. Both of these communities have a specific way of life, but both sons attempt to challenge society, and live their own way. However, their fathers are believers of their respective rules, and are ashamed

The Walking Dead is a televised American drama series about a group of people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse developed by Frank Darabont. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma after the world yields to a zombie plague (Griffiths, 2011). Dazed and confused from months in the hospital he wanders out to figure out why he cannot find anyone alive. He makes his way home only to find his wife and son missing. He sets out to locate his family and finds many other survivors on his journey (Tucker, 2010). The Walking Dead coordinates with many social themes such as

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

As always the Walking Dead gives little hints of characters and their past. The producers and writers of the show are huge on symbolism and it really shows.

The most important lesson that the main character, Rick Bragg, learned that by leading a selfless life and being hardworking, individuals will be reward. This lesson is first seen early on in the book with Rick’s mother Margaret Bundham Bragg. Margaret married Charles Bragg who was an alcohol abuser and because of this would beat her as well. When Charles was not home, Rick’s mother would try and support her children by working odd jobs like cotton picking in the fields and even went as far as not buying a new dress in eighteen years. Margret made sure that all of her children were fed and happy and hoped that one day they could “get even with life” as Rick but it. Margaret is finally rewarded at the end of the book when Rick wins the Pulitzer

The TV series "The Walking Dead" first showed on October 31 , 2010, the main character is Rick Grimes who is was a sheriff in his home town. Rick Grimes was shot before the out break and his good friend Shane locked him in his hospital room and hoped for the best. Through out the TV series Rick is faced with many struggles, he ends up shooting his best friend Shane and his wife ends up dying while giving birth to his daughter. Rick also has a son named Carl who starts out as a young boy who can't fight for himself, he eventually turns out to be a strong member of there group. Now the villain is many people in this show, the first human threat turns out to be the Governor who ends up going crazy about killing Rick. This act cause many of Ricks group to die as well as killing the governor. The real threat happens when the group finally encounters a group that calls themselves the Saviors, Rick makes an agreement to another group called the

She has lost her best friend Pammy and her father – her first god – to cancer, and she has gotten on. But there is something about Rick Fields, a virtual stranger, that troubles her when she thinks about losing him. “I felt a stab of sadness at the thought of Rick actually dying” (126). Could it be that the reason she is so disturbed and upset by this thought is that through her losing Rick Fields, she will also be losing her physical connection with God? Of course she could be saddened by the thought because she is a human being and the idea of death, especially death in someone she knows, is troubling. But there is something about the way her overall mindset changes and the way she described the pain she feels when thinking about losing him that makes readers think that it must be something else. Of course, the thought terrifies her, but this thought may have not been as bad as she originally thinks. Once she begins to think about losing Fields, she starts to develop the characteristics he is blessed with because he has been so inspiring in her eyes. Her mindset shifts from thinking about how she would be losing him, to how helpful, courageous, generous, and comforting he his despite his current state, “And this thought made me so happy that I felt like going over to [a man she sees sleeping] and giving him something” (126). Rick’s story and dedication to being a good and helpful

At the beginning of the series, Rick wakes from a coma ad finds himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Similar to the man, Rick values his family more than anything. After he wakes from the coma, the first thing Rick does is travel to Atlanta, GA in search of his wife, Lori, and son, Carl. Rick is a former sheriff deputy and is a key leader of the survivors group. Although we expect the man to have some military background, we aren’t entirely sure but we know he has strong survival skills like Rick. Rick and the man also share being incredibly protective over their sons in the apocalypse. Similar to the man in The Road, Rick tries to retain his son’s innocence but his extremely hesitance to welcoming non-group members to the group tests his brutality. At one point, Rick kills anyone who approaches the group. The man is not this extreme but similarly, the man doesn’t allow anyone to travel his him and his son for more than one night (Elly). Rick and the man also share a tendency to place blame on themselves. When the boy forgets to close the gas tank valve and all the gas leaks out, the man takes blame for forgetting to check that the valve was closed. Rick blames himself for the death of his best friend Shane and wife Lori because he is the leader of the group, however it wasn’t really his fault. The man and Rick Grimes share many similarities given their apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic

Rick has two children, Carl and Judith, who he puts as his number one priority, and kills anyone who poses a threat to them. He is mourning the death of his wife, Lori, who died during childbirth. He assumes the duty of two parents and cares for his son and newborn daughter. Similarly, the Governor has a zombie daughter, Penny, who he keeps locked-up because he cannot come to terms with her death. He too is mourning the death of his wife who died in a car wreck. Both fathers illustrate undeniable passion for their children, and the wellbeing of their security; this may seem like a beneficial thing, but becoming obsessive over circumstances out of control may prove to be

With the news of a zombie apocalypse, Rick’s first priority is finding his wife and son. Being a sheriff works to Rick's advantage because he is able to deal with the apocalypse well. Coming across a zombie that is attempting to talk, and move, Rick decides to put it out of its misery, and later feels guilty and cries. Rick is a devoted father, and a loyal husband, not to mention a sheriff, showing the readers that he is a good person. So when he is forced to kill a zombie who is clearly struggling, he is forced to go against his character. The day Rick awoke from his coma, he believed there was a chance that things would go back to normal, and we can see that as he tells Morgan Jones, the new occupant of his neighbors house, “Of course we’re neighbors...keep an eye on my house for me.” In this simple statement Rick implies he will be back, and this goes against his later action, killing the zombie. Ricks simple action of killing the zombie puts forth the idea that Rick does not see any humanity left in the zombie, and has lost hope for its chance and redemption. Not only did Rick shoot the zombie, but he also took a shot at his innocence in this zombie infested world he recently became a part

The Walking Dead’s retelling of the archetypical zombie narrative focuses on human failings caused by panicked responses to catastrophic change. Unlike World War Z, there is no organized effort to adapt to the postapocalyptic world and confront the undead, social infrastructure and government collapses, and zombification is inevitable. Humanity’s state of disorder becomes significant given Rick’s pre-apocalyptic role as a police sheriff. The tribal nature of each group of survivors in The Walking Dead means alliances are temporary, as each party remains interested primarily in the survival of its constituents, nullifying any attempt at recreating social infrastructure. This sense of noncooperation can be read metaphorically to represent the

Rick stepfather Ramon is deathly ill in chapter 30. Ramon asks if he could plan his own funeral that I found it pretty scary because in his mentality he already knows that his going to die so he is doing his lasts will. In the next chapter Ramon and I think it affected him a lot because he saw him as a dad. Ramon was a huge role model in Ricks life because when Rick dad suicide himself he didn’t have anyone to grow up with. Rick had his mom but it’s not the same as having a father because I think guys look up at their dads and girls look up to their moms because mom do more girly stuff and dads do more sports stuff so guys look up more at their dads than mom and when rick dad kill himself he didn’t have anyone to look up too. Then Ramon came

Rick fails to recognize the distinction between androids and humans due to his encounters with them. Rick feels apathetic towards the assassination of androids. While interviewing Rachel, she queries Rick, "You have no difficulty viewing an android as inert… So you can 'retire' it, as they say" (38). Rick believes that the android's lack of empathy morally justifies his job. Societal apathy towards ethnicities allows for atrocities, like slavery, to form. Rick starts questioning the morality of his job as he develops. He finds it difficult to interpret humanity: “Do you think androids have souls?” (125). The author establishes characters like Rachel, Buster and Phil Resch, whose humanity undergo constant questioning and confusion by Rick to

The Graveyard Book written by Neil Gaiman is a fictional book published in 2008. The setting in the beginning of the story is in a house in the middle of the night, but it very quickly transitions to a graveyard. Towards the end, the setting is all throughout the town, in which the house and graveyard are located. This book is written in the third person point of view. Having a third person point of view helps the author tell the story the way he wants to by not showing an emotional connection with the protagonist but still making the reader develop positive emotions toward the protagonist.