The Walking Dead Theme of Family

The family that gets bitten together, decomposes together. Okay, you won't see that little motto hanging on anyone's wall, but in the world of The Walking Dead, it's true. Pretty much every character in The Walking Dead has a family, and they want to keep them together and alive. Family Game Night isn't any fun if your fingers keep falling off when you try to roll the dice. Protecting the family drives most of the action in the book.

Questions About Family

  1. How do different people deal with the loss of their family? (Dale with his wife, Glenn with his family, Jim with his entire family, etc.)
  2. Is Lori unfaithful to Rick when she sleeps with Shane? She thinks Rick's dead, after all.
  3. Is Lori a bad mother for thinking that Carl shouldn't carry a gun, even when there are zombies all over the place?
  4. Is it easier or more difficult for a family to survive in a zombie-infested world than a person without a family?
  5. Why doesn't Lori seem to care what happened to her parents?