The Walking dead, Book one. (summer reading post #3) !*Spoilers*!

     The walking dead novels is a series that I believe is still on going. It is a series of graphic novels that correspond to the show on T.V. In the first book, I realized that there is so much in the book that either isn't in the show or happens earlier or later. One big difference in the the book is that Daryl Dixon, a big character in the show, hasn't appeared. This came to a shock to me because his role in the show is so important that it is surprising that they would just make up a random character.

     Another big difference between the show and book is the death of a once main character, Shane Walsh.
In the show, The death of Shane happened at the second camp they settled into. A farm where you meet the characters, Maggie Greene, Hershel Greene,Otis, and many more minor characters. However, the death of Shane in the graphic novel takes place in the very first camp the group settles into right outside of Atlanta, Georgia. One similarity though is that Shane died in the show and in the books by getting in a fight with Rick Grimes, another main character in the show, over power over the camp and many other things that Rick supposedly "Stole" from Shane after arriving to the camp after being in the hospital for multiple weeks during the zombie apocalypse due to police business.

     Lastly, I realized that in the books, there are so many relationships that are not put into the show. in the books, a character named Tyreese, seen on the show, falls in love with another character, Carol who is also seen on the show. I was so surprised that this relationship was never or at least has been put off in the show. The relationship is so important in the book because it gives a bad "first impression" on Michonne, a MAJOR character in the graphic novels and the show because Tyreese cheats on Carol with Michonne who knew that the two of them were together.

     So, Overall I have realized that The show and ythe books of the Walking dead are very similar but are also  very different.