I’ve seen so many comments on a fan-made TWDG page on Facebook about hating Sarah and even a few here on tumblr and it just kind of makes me sad. I used to dislike her, too. I wanted her to toughen up and that’s when I had a sudden realization that I was a bit like Sarah. There was this time in my life where I was asked to toughen up. I cried a bit and I whined when I was given a task that I was so scared to do and my own friends got so annoyed at me. They admitted it to me that they were irritated and they told me that I should pull myself together. I was older than most of my friends who were there. Also, there was this one time wherein I was at school and I was so sad because something devastating happened to me and only one of my friends knew about it. Then, one of my teachers told me to do something while he was away. I wasn’t able to do it because I didn’t understand him and I didn’t want to do anything because I just wanted to stay still and be quiet due to my sadness. When he came back and saw that the task was undone, he was disappointed at me and he scolded me. When he left again, my friend came near me and hugged me and she got mad at our teacher for scolding me when it was a bit obvious something was bothering me. This happening can be compared to when Sarah was supposed to pick berries in Carver’s camp but she couldn’t. Also, most of the time, my brother gets mad at me for not doing things right or not doing anything at all. I don’t do much things because I’m scared I would screw up. And there was also this time when I’ve witnessed someone who almost died right before my eyes. I froze and cried so much. There were a few people looking at me and giving me weird stares. I believe this could be compared to when Sarah saw her father get eaten right before her eyes. There were people complaining like, “She didn’t have to scream.”, “Why did she didn’t do anything!?”, “Why would she run away!?” Sarah is a relatable character to me and she is precious. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her because I can see myself a bit in her. I believe if the zombie apocalypse would arise, I probably would be like her. It’s not even the zombie apocalpyse and I’m almost like her.
