Alexander is a man with a difficult past. He reveals that he is homeless after he talks about the zombies that he sees all around him. The people that come and go on their daily business not seeing what they are missing that is right in front of them. This idea is explored when he talks about his relationship with his father, a military man who he never felt loved him. His father blamed him for the death of his wife who did not make it out of childbirth, which he never let Alexander forget. Through the telling of the story we learn that Alexander joins the military in hopes that he can replicate his father’s success and gain his respect. But no matter what he does, his father makes it clear that it will never been enough. His efforts to gain this relationship with his father drives him to dark places he never thought he would get to and can not come back from. After serving in the military and never getting any love from his father his life became too much for him to handle and he was diagnosed with PTSD and honorably discharged from the military. Upon his return he tries to connect with his father who continues to attack him on his present situation telling him a real man would be able to balance his life. Alexander then takes to the streets as he sees it as a better way to live than with his father and the constant hatred he would get from him. It is after he is beaten by a group of teens who try to take the one connection that he has with his father; his military jacket that gives him clarity. He realizes that what he needs to do is move on. Hopefully he’ll be able to move forward, but it’s a hard life he lives, however he will not be a zombie. He will live and he will keep pushing on.
Male- Defender of Men
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