Monday, December 16, 2019
`` When They Aren t Eating Us, They Bring Us Together ...
When it comes to survival Leah A. Murray in her article, ââ¬Å"When They Arenââ¬â¢t Eating Us, They Bring Us Together: Zombies and the American Social Contractâ⬠suggests that individuals that have a community built on a common goal gives these people the best odds of surviving a Posthuman event. The episode ââ¬Å"Killer Withinâ⬠of The Walking Dead shows Rick, Carol, Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl acting individualistic towards members not in their pre-established community in an effort to protect themselves from potential dangers. However, T-Dog demonstrates a communitarian approach by wanting to allow new people to join their community. According to Murray Individualism is when individuals are self-reliant and put their needs in front of anyone else, and communitarianism is when individuals put the needs of society above their own. These citizens work together and have a sense of community and self-sacrifice. In The Walking Dead season three episode, ââ¬Å"Killer Within, â⬠Rick and his group demonstrate Murray s concept of individualism as they oppose the idea of adding new people to their group because they fear them. However, T-Dog represents a communitarian approach as he strives to convince Rick and the others that the new people should be initiated into Rickââ¬â¢s group. In a previous episode, Rick and his group found prisoners still alive and living inside the prison where they are also residing, but a few of them had since died. Only two were known to still be alive. This episode begins by
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