This book is called The Walking Dead so you can be pretty sure it's going to be violent. Zombies aren't big on diplomacy. They don't want to sit down to a peace talk or hug it out. If a zombie hugs it out with you, you're coming out of the hug with one or two fewer limbs. About the only thing zombies respond to is a gunshot, machete blade, chainsaw, or other deadly implement of choice right to the head. The Walking Dead puts the graphic in "graphic novel" with its, yes, graphic depictions of zombie-related bloodshed and mayhem.
Questions About Violence
- To you, what is the more horrifying act of violence in the book? Does it involve zombies? Humans? A horse? Why is it so gruesome?
- How does The Walking Dead use violence to evoke feelings of horror and dread? How does it continue to build suspense without using violence?
- Is the violence in The Walking Dead ever gratuitous?
- Why does Lori object to Carl carrying a gun? Does she have a point?