{"id":450,"date":"2022-03-03T02:56:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T02:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=450"},"modified":"2022-03-03T02:57:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T02:57:13","slug":"blog-post-6-wild-literature-and-the-wild-in-literature-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/03\/03\/blog-post-6-wild-literature-and-the-wild-in-literature-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 6: “Wild” Literature and “the Wild” in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In both The Good Lion<\/em> and Where the Wild Things Are<\/em>, terms related to wildness are usually being used to describe a behavior of some sort. However, The Good Lion <\/em>portrays wildness in a negative or derogatory light by directly correlating it to eating humans, drinking blood, and a generally non-civilized lifestyle.\u00a0In contrast, wildness in Where the Wild Things Are <\/em>may be destructive or chaotic but is not particularly violent or harmful towards others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Good Lion<\/em> doesn’t use the word “wild” often but the “bad” lions are often characterized as “savage” which can be considered a synonym of “wild.” In this context, the word savage is being used against the lions in a somewhat derogatory manner. The “good” lion believes that the “bad” lions are “savage” because they exhibit behavior that he does not exhibit and therefore deems inappropriate, even though he is basically just a visitor in their home. At the end of the first page of the short story, he goes on to call them wicked and frightening creatures when they confront him about his negative judgments of their lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Where the Wild Things Are,\u00a0<\/em>wildness refers to unusual behavior without such a negative connotation. While the main character, Max, is first called a “wild thing” by his mother in an altercation that results in her punishing him by sending him to bed without dinner. This is the only time in this story that wildness means something somewhat negative because throughout the rest of the night Max spends time with other “wild things” embracing those “wild” behaviors alongside them in some harmless fun. Furthermore, it is made even more clear that “wild” means unusual or unexpected in this story when Max is deemed “the most wild thing of all” (pg. 23)\u00a0 by the other wild creatures. This title was awarded to him after he simply reacted to their intimidating presence in a way that they did not expect and might never have seen before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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