Ross Cole Ms. Brown English 101 2 Feb 16 A Need to Survive Generally speaking, when people think of themselves in a zombie apocalypse situation, they most likely imagine their best of friends and loved ones as their ideal “team”. Seldom do we stop to think, “Does my friend or family have what it takes for survival?” because that can be grim to consider. Without the combined implication of these characteristics, one should not expect to survive such a terrible ordeal. “What it takes” is a multitude of things combined but are, at a minimum three things: adaptability, cunning, and compassion. Proven leaders show great proficiency in adaptability. This trait is the first mentioned because without it none of the other skills can fall into place. …show more content…
Some may think cunning is more or less adaptability. While the two may overlap in places there are distinct reasons to focus on both as separate things. Cunning entails being able to use wit to turn things in our favor. It is the foresight of things to come and not just adapting before events unfold but being able to spin the situation in our favor. Not only is cunning used in events but can encompass charisma and all the perks that come with it. A survivor and leader alike should want to possess such a trait. Look at the situation from a bird’s eye view and notice a person that is setting traps preemptively and talking his way around bad situations. Now see another person that just uses brute force in every situation or is out smarted in every verbal dispute. One will clearly last longer than the other and will likely even be seen as a leader, something that is imperative in the zombie …show more content…
We usually see this type of thing as a death sentence. After all why would anyone want to care for others at this point? Nobody else probably seems too interested in others wellbeing at this point and maybe a hasty alliance could land a knife in a survivors back. If a survivor were to implement cunning into this compassion and be wary of new people but keep an eye out for beneficial relationships, they stand a much better chance of survival. Say there is a leader of a small group of survivors. They have proven their adaptability and cunning and are appointed leadership. One day they wake up to a commotion in the group. An outsider was found stealing medication from their supplies and the leader now has to decide the thief’s fate. Should the leader be the type to kill this person out of haste and rage or maybe listen to them and make alliances when possible? After all no great nation today rose to what it is without making any kind of alliance with other peoples. The UNITED states has stood against many threats and perhaps would not be around without the alliances made throughout time. Perhaps it is a death sentence NOT to have reasonable compassion in the zombie apocalypse. Of course nothing can guarantee survival of such a trying time; however, thorough and frequent application of these skills and traits is the best bet to survive such a horrible event. There are many more
Throughout the series, the characters encounter an abundance of obstacles to conquer. Not only do they have to protect themselves from zombies, but they are also dealing with the internal struggle due to their circumstances. In a world where the dead roam, one may begin to lose their sense of humanity and purpose. Characters such as Rick, Daryl, Michonne, Carl, and Maggie are
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Kirkman describes zombies as an infectious horror in order to establish a close relationship between zombies and contagions. One of the The Walking Dead’s most brilliant successes has been the characterization of the zombies , and it may be the secret of their popularity. In his book, The Walking Dead, Kirkman
The most effective leaders know better than to try to be someone they are not. They should always be searching for opportunities to reinvest in their strengths. Leaders need to stay true to who they are and make sure they have the right people around them. The book says those who surround themselves with similar personalities are at a disadvantage to those who are secure enough to be surrounded by people who strengths will compliment theirs.
In the show we not only see how the zombie functions within the universe of the Walking Dead, we watch Rick come into contact with many zombies and has developed a sense of what they are and were, from the very beginning. From the beginning of the pilot we see him show compassion and remorse to the “Bicycle girl”, before putting her down. Even in the second episode, Guts, there is a moment after Rick kills one of the zombies, he takes out his wallet and starts honoring what this person was, before he was transformed. What the show enforces, is a sense that these Zombies were once everyday people that you would talk to, work with, or just walk by in passing. Now they are reducing
In recent years, there has been a huge increase of zombie related media in American pop-culture. Humanity has faced numerous crises and overcome them every time. The question has arisen that if a zombie epidemic were to occur would the United States have the ability to deal with it? The answer is yes. The United States has the ability to accept, adapt, and overcome an outbreak of such proportion. The U.S. has the manpower to rival the zombies’ growing numbers. The military and medical research staff have the technology to fight the spread of infection, and science and mathematics provide additional support along with pre-designed plans to do deal with such an outbreak.
Adaptation can be both passive and active. Adaptive leadership is primarily an active process of adaptation, during which the leader does not take just a passive effort to adapt to circumstances in which he found himself. The leader should be able to change those circumstances in order to carry out tasks. Some of the basic characteristics of adaptive leaders are: to think constantly and take strategic steps in his community for his good positioning; vision and know how to deploy forces and resources that would be most appropriate for the execution of tasks; to accept the opinion of other members of the organization; to admit his mistakes and leave the non-productive course of action; to be creative and always able to find different ways to arrive at the desired goal; to know he can influence the creation and transformation of the structure of the organization; to be ready to experiment and learn from the experience of others; to be able to make changes in the and risks; to be always ready to improve themselves, to encourage innovations that come from their organization. " Draza Mihailovic was a legendary figure even during his life, his death by creating a halo around his name holy warrior.
It starts out as finding a safe place from the zombies, but later, as the group is more and more confident in their defense against the zombies, it becomes about protecting themselves from other groups of non-zombies. Paul A. Cantor explains in his story that “this show suggests that its characters must ultimately reply on themselves and their own resources. In various flashbacks, we learn that, prior to the zombie plague, the husband and wives were generally unhappy in their marriages, with soap opera consequences.” (290) The greatest example of survival skills on the Walking Dead, comes from a character named Carol. Watching season 1, you would’ve never imagined Carol being alive in season 7. In the beginning, Carol’s character is a beaten down mousy housewife and mother. Her husband was very emotionally and physically abusive. This vicious cycle of abuse left Carol with little self-worth that left her mentally unprepared for survival skills needed in this zombie apocalypse. Carol quickly realizes that she needs to take matters into her own hands and makes tough decisions that no one in the group will. She eventually becomes so passionate about self-preservation that she starts teaching knife skills to children in their group. Another example of how ruthless her survival skills evolved, she takes a murderess child to the field and tells her “look at the pretty flowers,” and then shoots her in the back of the
Every leader must be able to accept the fact that they are not perfect and each person has things that they exceed at and things that come with a bit of difficulty. I do not see myself as being outstanding in a certain area but I do think that one of my talents is adjusting to change. When I came off to college I did miss my family a lot, but I kept myself busy by being more outgoing and finding new/different things to do. One of the reasons why I am probably so good at adapting to change is because I want change; I love switching things around and doing stuff another way.
I have taught the facts, the opinions, and the theories on the possibility of a zombie apocalypse. I have explained with facts and statistic the ramifications of it if it was to happen, the way and speed at which it can spread, and the cruelty that will follow. You can protect yourself and the ones closest to you but first you have to believe it. Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “be the change that you want to see in the world”. In order to fix the world problems, we must fix ourselves. Dr. Larycia Hawkins uses the metaphor zombies to refer to all the people around the world because humans have the same goals as zombies. A zombie wants to infect humans because they crave the uninfected human flesh, while humans are constantly ending the lives of others to get their points across. In order for all people in the world to help each other, they need to stop looking for violations of human rights and look for embodied solidarity.
An effective leader adapts changes and communicates his vision to his followers until the followers believe in that vision as their own
The existence of zombies in Haitian religion was brought attention to by Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist. In 1982, he traveled to Haiti to investigate the concept of zombies and from his investigations he concluded that a living person could become a zombie. He i...
As Yukl (2010) indicates, such factors (e.g. personality, values and capacities) attributed to a leader. Normally it is widespread acknowledged that someone is born to be a lead...
Finally, leaders are able to keep everything in perspective. They invest themselves fully but also are able to keep their priorities in order. As a child I never understood anything that my mother did or said but now that I am an adult I realize that my mother had a valid reason for everything she did. My entire childhood my mother has molded me to become a great leader and all the lessons that my mother has taught me I can spread the knowledge to my children. Successful leaders keep it all in perspective because they are able to separate the important from the urgent, and devote their time