Blog Post 8: Wildness as a Liminal Word and Humanimality

-wild woman: The wild woman loved to go on adventures. She would go on expeditions to some of the most remote places on Earth. 

-wild man: The football game was interrupted by local news. They warned that a wild man was assaulting people at a downtown bar. 
-wild animal: I went on a hike a few days ago and I heard leaves rustling behind me. I did not know what it was but it’s likely that it was a wild animal. 

-wild beast: After acting out of anger and frustration when he wasn’t getting any foul calls, the soccer player decided to commit a hard foul on the opponent and got ejected. This is why it is important to maintain your composure and not act like some wild beast. 

-wild thing: It’s usually the quietest people that do the wildest things. 

–Luis Rincon

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  1. ham2642

    Its interesting to note how in most of these sentences Wild is defined as being part of the unexpected and unknown. The reason I think its interesting is because I also feel that is what my definition of the word. When looking at the last 3 sentences in particular the context of the situations make it so that what they are describing as wild is also not fully known by the person speaking.

  2. njp768

    I like how you used these words in sentences attaching them to be “wild”. The way you defined wild is something that’s not normal, or a crazy event. I still think of “wild” to be defined as something out of the extraordinary so this was nice to reflect upon, great job!

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