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    In The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, Leonard Mead is ostracized for walking at night, to the extent of being arrested. This is symbolic of the ignoring and shunning and even the legal troubles that those who go against the main idea purported in society face. It is also symbolic of those that dare to be active thinkers in a passive thinking world. The powers in charge in Leonard Mead’s world believe that him walking every night could upset their social stability. In the short story, this takes the

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    In the anecdote, “Walking and the Suburbanized Psyche”, by Rebecca Solnit, she implies, if walking continues to devalue, our society 's relationship between body, world, and imagination will be lost. I personally do not find walking to be a cultural activity or pleasure of getting around. Instead, walking is a hassle when the “American suburbs are built with a diffuseness that the unenhanced human body is inadequate to cope with”. Furthermore, instead of making us feel guilty or attempting to persuade

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    Walking Backwards In “Walking and the Suburbanized Psyche,” Rebecca Solnit argues that as technology in transportation continues to evolves; we are in danger of losing our imagination unless we “fight for free space” (Solnit page 264). I agree with her because we are not being deprived walking, are deprived of our creativity. In other words in modern day society we are told to believe everything we are told room authoritative figures and follow societal norms rightfully or wrongfully. Solnit

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    Walking into Herts donut shop like “whaddup i want a donut” . “This is heaven” was the first thing I said as I looked around and the smell of fresh warm donuts hit my face . The place wasn't as big as I thought it was going to be , it was actually kinda small but it just made it feel more cozy in there . It was super warm in there , and I could smell all the kinds of donuts and coffee drinks they had . I could smell the fresh ground coffee and the freshly brewed tea. That wasn't even the best part

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    It’s about twelve at night, dogs are barking while I’m walking through the alley. As I walk through my backyard trying to go in through the backdoor I saw the kitchen light come on I just knew that my ass was grass. So as I creep up the steps trying to peek through the mini blind I seen my momma. My heart starts pumping and I was shaking like an earthquake I just knew she would be mad. So I just stood there until she left the kitchen she walked out and I grab for the door and opened it. I tried

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    The Walking Dead: Michonne is a choose-your-own-, point-n-click adventure game presented as a three part mini-series developed and published by Telltale. It serves a side-story featuring an entirely different cast than the one found in Telltale's main Walking Dead series. It focuses on the trials and tribulations of Michonne, a prominent character in both the graphic novel and in AMC's tv series. Does The Walking Dead: Michonne stand up to scrutiny on its own, or does it feel like an unnecessary

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    Analysis Essay The Walking Dead is a television show that leaves its audience terrified and apprehension at 9 pm on Sunday nights. While members in the audiences are chewing on popcorn, The Walking Dead provides a taste for human cannibalism. The walkers, “Zombies”, feed on human flesh and have no thought of mortality. The atmosphere of The Walking Dead leaves all its characters with a dreary future until Rick Grimes just waking up from a comma in a hospital shows up with bringing leadership into

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    The Walking Dead is a television show that leaves its audience terrified and apprehension at 9 pm on Sunday nights. While members of the audiences are chewing on popcorn, The Walking Dead provides a taste for human cannibalism. The walkers, “Zombies”, feed on human flesh and have no thought of mortality. The atmosphere of The Walking Dead leaves all its characters with a dreary future until Rick Grimes just waking up from a comma in a hospital shows up with bringing leadership into the group with

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    Lenny Tolentino Brad Flis English 114 08 December 2015 The Walking Dead The Walking Dead is a television series which follows the story of a disease-causing infection that caused the Earth to be dominated by a zombie apocalypse. A group of survivors gets forced to fight for their lives against man/eating zombies. The main character in the show is Rick Grimes, a Sheriff Deputy who had been shot prior to the apocalypse event. Rick was later taken to a local hospital before the zombie epidemic

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    The Walking Dead Themes

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    possible for a show to represent love, hate, anger, drama, pain, sadness or even cause you a sense of distress? The Walking Dead is the perfect show to make you think about how people act in different situations in life and shows us what type of people these circumstances can create. The show is based on a post-apocalyptic time where the existence of humanity is near its end. The Walking Dead represents themes of fear, betrayal, sacrifice, hope, leadership and, the conflict between good and bad. Some

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