Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity - Assignment 1-3-4

 

Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity - Assignment 1-3-4

Jamie Hunter

Professor Omar Alomari

HUMN240-E1FF

January 28, 2012

 

 

 

  

 

Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity - Assignment 1-3-4

 

            Sheriff Ricky Grimes is the hero in the series The Walking Dead. The group of survivors from the zombie holocaust looks to the Sheriff as their hero. They admire the Sheriff because he is brave when he leads them away from the dangerous flesh-eating zombies. His achievements are great; he has managed to keep the group safe while he keeps a level head. He maintains a plan a step ahead of the ever looming threat of death. Unlike the Sherriff is his Best friend Shane.

            Shooting zombie careless and with no plan, gets Shane attention, but he is no hero. He competes for the attention of the group by doing attention grabbing stunts. Celebrities get attention by doing attention grabbing things also. For instance Angelina Jolie may gain a following because she adopts kids to give them a better home. She is a celebrity because many others have and continue to do the same thing; although adoption is a noble thing it does not take a hero to do it. Jolie does it for attention the same as Shane.

            Sherriff Grimes truly wants to restore humankind to some type of normality. His actions exemplify that aspiration. Shane wants the attention of the woman he loves which happens to be the wife of Sheriff Grimes. Shane does all that he does for her to notice him. He does not care about the interest of the group; even though several of them admire and praise him for his show of heroism.

            People who follow The Walking Dead series probably watch it because it has the idea of even through a zombie-filled world someone is wiling to step up and set order back to the world; even if it means he has to make great sacrifices. Something the ordinary just will not do.