Blog Post 8: Wildness as a Liminal Word and Humanimality

  • Wild Woman: Labelled by society as a “wild woman,” she lived happily knowing that she lived life by her own rules.
  • Wild Man: He used to live a life in loafers, but now the people in town know him as the “wild man” with feet hardened by the earth.
  • Wild Animal: After escaping the world of domesticity, the housecat now roamed the empty streets as a “wild animal.”
  • Wild Beast: “Capture that ‘wild beast,’” they said, but little did they know, that beast was someone’s pet. 
  • Wild Thing: Greg was a seemingly normal person, but the “wild thing” about him was that he poured milk in before cereal.

-Anna Allen

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2 Responses to Blog Post 8: Wildness as a Liminal Word and Humanimality

  1. ehc592

    It is so interesting how much these phrases hint at these larger themes in society with such little words. I liked your sentence about pouring milk in before cereal. Greg is truly wild for that.

  2. kcl928

    I really enjoy how you incorporated “wild thing” into your sentence. It feels like it flows very nicely. I also like the humor you added in your description of a wild man.

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