Professor Deisler
English Composition II 3143
25 September 2013
Character Analysis of Andrew Lincoln in the Walking Dead Frank Darabont was the great creator of the television series, the Walking Dead. Frank did an amazing job creating this television show and creating some amazing and complex characters. The most interesting character in the show is Rick Grimes who is played by Andrew Lincoln. Rick endures many obstacles throughout the show and he has morals and standards. During the series Rick shows us that he really is an intelligent, controlling, caring, dark and assertive character. To start off Rick shows us his brain power throughout the show. Throughout the show Rick shows us how smart he is. For example in the episode “Guts“, which was the second episode of season one. In the episode many characters including Rick are in a building and are completely surround by zombies. Only way to leave is going out of the building and pass the hoard of zombies to get to the truck and leave the city. So Rick decides to kill a few zombies and wipe its guts all over him and another smart character name Glenn. After they get all the guts and blood over them, Rick and Glenn walked pass the zombies to the truck and find a way to rescue everyone from being killed and turning into zombies. That shows how Rick had to think outside the box and use his intelligence to save everyone. Throughout the show Rick has to find a place to live and keep his group safe. At the end of season two, Rick finds a prison. Using his intelligence he thinks on how to keep the prison safe and secure for his group. Rick thinks about how to keep the prison guarded. He has members of the group with guns watching over the prison at a certain time. Without Rick using his brainpower the prison would have been over ran by zombies or even other humans that are not in his group. Without Rick the group would have died. Rick is also a controlling character. He isn’t controlling in a bad