Thursday, October 16, 2014

Growing Up Amish; Walking Dead Vol. 21: All Out War Part 2

"Growing Up Amish" by Ira Wagler is his memoir of his rebellious teen years. During that time he left his Amish home repeatedly, only to keep coming back in misguided attempts to make his Amish heritage "stick". He joined the church and left. Came back, repented, asked forgiveness, and was taken back in. Then he left again. He finally left for good around age 26, when he managed to get his head on straight and leave for the right reasons rather than just rebellion. It would have been more interesting if he'd been able to articulate what exactly it was about the Amish life he didn't like so much. He was like, oh I wanted to leave so I left. Well, okay, but *why*? At any rate, I hope he's happy with the decisions he's made since leaving for good.

Robert Kirkman's "Walking Dead Vol. 21: All Out War Part 2" finds Rick's team gearing up for one final showdown with Neegan. It ends with Rick capturing Neegan. Many of his group want to kill him, but Rick successfully argues for his lifelong imprisonment instead and the two groups agree to work together to rebuild. It's about time, too, I've been hoping Walking Dead would eventually reach the point where they stop running and start rebuilding society. I think that's interesting. I hope the TV show follows suit :)

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