The Real Problem With Children In The Walking Dead Universe

The Real Problem With Children In The Walking Dead Universe

From Carl Grimes to World Beyond, kids play a major role in The Walking Dead. Now Jadis reveals the big problem with children in a zombie apocalypse.

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The Real Problem With Children In The Walking Dead Universe

The kids aren’t alright in The Walking Dead, at least that’s what Jadis and the CRM believe. Children have always been vital to the Walking Dead story. Carl Grimes showed how the zombie apocalypse affects a young mind, and while he, Judith and Hershel (Glenn & Maggie’s son) have shown an extraordinary ability to adapt, others such as Lizzie (Carol’s “look at the flowers” girl) are corrupted by the overwhelming presence of death surrounding them. Most of all, however, children represent humanity’s future in The Walking Dead. They’re why survivors such as Rick, Maggie and Aaron keep fighting for a better world, and even the mighty Negan has shown a softer side when faced with a youngster.

Children may be The Walking Dead’s bright young things of the future, but for the Civic Republic Military, they’re also a massive pain in the neck. In Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2’s penultimate installment (also the penultimate episode of the series), the teenage Bennett siblings – Iris and Hope – lead a rebellion against the CRM, aided by fellow youths Elton, Silas and Percy. Their aim is to escape the CRM’s research facility, then warn Portland about the Project V attack Major General Beale is sending their way as an early Christmas present.

As the escaping teens face off against The Walking Dead returnee and apparent CRM convert Jadis Stokes, the former junkyard leader reveals how her people really perceive children in the zombie apocalypse. On one hand, recruiting clever, science-minded students is imperative for the completion of the CRM mission. On the other, kids are incredibly dangerous because they don’t know what they’re actually fighting for. As Jadis bitterly points out to Iris, “This is the only world you’ve ever known… you’re far too young to appreciate what has been lost.”

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With the Walking Dead story now a decade into its timeline, Jadis actually makes a salient point. The likes of Iris and Hope were only 6 years old when the outbreak began, meaning their memories of the world before are hazy at best. Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2 has played on this theme before, showing how Iris hasn’t heard the term “narc,” proving teenage slang is dying out faster than the Greene family. As far as Jadis and the CRM are concerned, it’s memories of what the world should be that drive their mission to restore civilization forward. Children are dangerous in The Walking Dead because they lack that mental image of what said civilization should actually look like. CRM leadership is obviously afraid that when all that’s left of humanity is older versions of Iris Bennett, Judith Grimes, Hershel Rhee etc., they won’t have any idea what “rebuilding” even means.

There are two ways of looking at The Walking Dead’s children issue. One can adopt Jadis’ perspective that the young are an impediment to progress, and only those who remember life before the outbreak should call the shots. Or you can take the Rick Grimes-inspired viewpoint that children can make the world better than before. The CRM mistakenly sees rebuilding the old world as mankind’s only endgame, and this means restoring a world full of violence, corruption and greed – all 3 of which the CRM has in plentiful supply. The Bennett sisters and other Walking Dead younglings might not remember life before the dead, but Jadis is wrong – rebuilding with a completely fresh slate untainted by the past might actually be a good thing.

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Link Source : https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-world-beyond-children-jadis-problem-explained/

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