Towards the end when Rick and Shane were heading off to hunt and Rick wouldn't let his son, Carl, go hunting with him because he wanted to have a talk and then Shane hit Rick and ran into the woods. Rick runs after him and Shane turns around pointing a gun at him, Shane is upset because he has no friends or family left and he says he has no life. Rick tries to reassure him that everything is going to be fine, but he doesn't agree and continues to point the gun at Rick. Then, without thinking Carl shoots Shane so that he won't hurt his daddy. This ties into the rest of the book because at first Rick and Shane were just doing what they normally do, hunting for dinner and then it went downhill. This is important because it shows how much family means to everyone when times get tough.
I was shocked that Carl, a young boy, would shoot a person since he knew the gun was only to shoot zombies with, but then again I was kinda glad because it shows that Carl will do anything to stick up for his family no matter the consequences. In this part of The Walking Dead, we see a little of how violence can effect the real world like we have been talking about in class. It shows that parents really do have a huge impact on what and how much violence their kids are exposed too. Carl's dad is the one who exposed him to violence by showing him how to shoot a gun even if it was for protection. This section had two major themes, friends can turn on you in a split second and family is everything. Shane turned on Rick all of a sudden and Carl saved his dad by shooting Shane.
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