Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: The best and worst in us
By Liam O'Leary
The Best In Us #2: Helping strangers.
If Althea nearly deciding to not help John is one end of the empathy spectrum, then, Morgan offering to take Charlie with him, Naomi, John, and Althea is the other end.
Did Morgan know Charlie? Nope. Had Morgan ever met Charlie? Nope. Did Morgan have any practical reason to want to help Charlie? Nope, but, he still did it anyway.
Why? Mostly because Morgan believed that all life is precious. Even though Morgan knew what Charlie had done, he believed she still deserved saving. The fact he also believed that the vendetta between The Vultures and Alicia, Strand, and Luciana had to end helped, too.
Morgan’s willingness to help Charlie is what I’d hope we could strive to emulate if we were in a zombie apocalypse.
Granted, doing this all the time could be dangerous if not downright foolish, nevertheless, when doing so is not either of those, we should always strive to be the kind of person who is willing to help someone, even if they’re a stranger.
As I’ve said before, people are a precious thing in a zombie apocalypse, and the more of us there are, the better. Additionally, surviving alone can be extremely difficult, and being in a group can make it much easier. Of course, we may not be able to have groups if we aren’t willing to help people we may not know.
To do this, we need to tap into our empathy — We need to be willing to put ourselves into the shoes of those in need and treat them how we would want others to treat us.
I know it’s difficult to extend this towards strangers, especially when so many people will be, frankly, terrible, but, sometimes, our survival will require taking risks, including taking a chance on strangers.