In this TV screenshot, something very weird, scary, and mysterious is happening. White Walkers and Wights are pulling a dead dragon out from the frozen over ice to turn it into a Wight dragon. White Walkers and Wights are essentially zombies who desire to kill off humanity and with each life they take, one more Wight is created. Originally, White Walkers were created by the Children of the Forest to protect this species from the first of mankind. The White Walkers, however, became more vengeful and vicious than the Children of the Forest could have anticipated.

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Near the end of the show, the White Walkers and Wights become the biggest army anyone has ever seen and has one dragon of the three that exist in the world (dragons being the most powerful of war weapons). Unfortunately for the characters of the show, most believe White Walkers, Children of the Forest, and Wights are nothing more than an urban legend.

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The powerful characters who have seen the White Walkers, try to convince the other quarreling leaders. Sir Davos tells Queen Daenerys, “if we don’t put aside our enmity and band together we will all die and then it doesn’t matter who’s skeleton sits on the Iron Throne” (Benioff and Weiss, 2017).

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The White Walkers are a clear metaphor for our own ignored yet crumbling environment. “Humans have an uncanny, self-destructive tendency to fight among themselves while the world around them is getting obliterated by a larger existential threat” (Vilas-Boas, 2019).

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To imitate this TV screenshot, I used a photo of Niagara Falls in the winter as it looks similar to the environment the White Walkers reside in which is known as ‘Beyond the Wall’. In the show, Beyond the Wall is filled with huge mountains, waterfalls, and snowy rock peaks with black stone. It stands out from the other environments and serves as a reminder to the audience of the dangers Beyond the Wall.