Character Analysis On Rick Grimes

Rick Grimes was formerly a police officer in a small town where he was caring about what went down in the town of Cynthiana, Kentucky. Where Rick is involved in a shooting while he was on duty with his best friend Shane, the shooting led to Rick being in coma. When Rick wakes up from his coma he comes in contact with the walkers not knowing what is going on. The walkers are some of the humans who came in contact with the outbreak of the contagion that spawned them. There he met Morgan who helped him plan his way to Atlanta, where he just hope to find Lori and Carl.
As he arrives to Atlanta Rick finds out that the town is full of walkers, there he meets Glen who help him escape from the walkers. Glen takes him to meet the rest of the group
where Lori his wife and Carl his son were at. Rick tries to settle in but Shane seems to be afraid that Rick might take over the group and also take away Lori from him. Rick starts to lead the group and tells Daryl that they don’t kill the living.
The group starts to head out of Atlanta where they meet Hershel and his family. As they were out looking for Sophia, Rick finds out that Sophia became a walker and takes her down where Rick showed he would do anything to protect the group. As they return Shane confronts Rick where they get into an altercation that followed with Shane dying. Rick doesn’t know how to react after seeing Carl shoot Shane as he became a walker. Rick becomes extremely different after this he lays down the law and leaves his nice side behind. As he leaves his nice side behind refuses to let Daryl’s brother into the group he just makes decisions that will greatly help his team. Hershel began to bring out the more peaceful side of Rick. Even after the death of Lori and the birth of Judith, Hershel discover the old side of Rick. Rick Grimes was once the friendly police officer who wanted the world to return to how everything was at the beginning. Hershel would tell Rick “Mankind has been fighting plagues from the start. It’s nature correcting itself. Restoring some balance” (AMC). Through many troubling situation where Rick loses his beloved advisor Hershel, in honor of Hershel Rick does not only take the role of being a leader but also to be a symbol of wisdom and compassion. Rick realizes that to survive, he must lead himself to the present to help the group. “That’s me. That’s why I’m here now. That’s why Carl is. I want to keep him safe. That’s all that matter” (AMC) is something that Rick states to defend why he has reacted to certain situations. He was becoming demanding and did not car what anyone thought about his ideas or his decisions. Rick does not hesitate to fight. Rick is willing to accept new people into the fold while staying mindful of potential threats. He looks to his friends as much as they look to him. He may have the final word, but their advice carries more weight than it ever did. His need to control every situation no longer haunts him. Rick has greatly evolved throughout his walk with the walkers.
I doubt the Rick thought he would ever wake up to a town full of walkers, where he had to look for his family to make sure they were okay. To find out that his best friend betrayed him with his wife, also that Shane wanted to get rid of him. Though it clearly didn’t go the way Shane planned it to go due to the fact that Rick was fine. Rick became a totally different person; he was more aggressive and outspoken. Throughout Rick’s harsh experiences for example the lost his wife, Rick became more insane. Rick slowly began to distant himself from the group that had become his new family, Hershel would always advise him. Hershel began to help Rick to help him return to the person he was before the outbreak. Through these events Rick began to evolve as a person, each situation helped him become stronger and influenced him to take leadership. The fact that Hershel began to advise him he was able to get closer to the group. He started to become the person he was before the outbreak, though he had a different attitude and view on things. Even though he had become a strict leader he was doing it because he wanted the best for the group. Rick has changed and evolved throughout all of his experience and there is more to come in season five. Rick went from good, caring, and loving to defender, strong and brave. The walkers have led to the growth of the police office to a strong compassionate leader and father. “We all can live together. We’ve all done the worst kinds of things just to stay alive. But we can still come back. We’re not too far gone. I know we call can change”
(Rick).