{"id":456,"date":"2022-03-03T03:12:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T03:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=456"},"modified":"2022-03-03T03:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T03:12:34","slug":"blog-post-6-wild-literature-and-the-wild-in-literature-7","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-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 6: “Wild” Literature and “the Wild” in Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In both stories, \u201cThe Good Lion<\/em>\u201d by Hemingway and \u201cwhere the wild things are<\/em>\u201d by Maurice Sendak, the use of \u201cwild\u201d is used in context to civilized and uncivilized. In the Good Lion, we see the difference between what a \u201cgood\u201d lion and a \u201cbad\u201d lion is. The bad lion is considered wild and evil because of their choice to eat Hindu people with no regard. On the other hand, the good lion is viewed as good for only eating pasta and scampi. In this story we can see the way wild is used due to the lions actions and choices. On the contrary, In Sendak story, wild is used to describe attributes and environment associated with wild. The main character is a boy who dresses up in a wolf suit and takes a journey to the wildness. In this setting, he is appointed as the king of all wild things for being frightening. The difference of wild in Sendak\u2019s story, is that the protagonist is a mere human but is viewed as wild due to his suit and frightening impression. However, after being king, he longs for love in a normal and domestic society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These both stories shed light in the different meaning of wild(ness). In the Good Lion<\/em>, Hemingway uses \u201cwild\u201d to define the acts and savageness of untamed animals. For example, Hemenway writes\u201d the bad lions would roar with laughter and eat another Hindu trader and their wives would drink his blood.\u201d This act shows the differences between good wild and bad wild. Having consumed humans with no regard or shame, expresses the gruesome behind wild animals. On the contrary, since the good lion chooses not to consume Hindu traders, we view this lion to be good. Although they are both lions and considered \u201cwild\u201d, the use of words and imagery highlight the difference between good and bad in a wild setting. On the other hand, Sendak story uses wild to describe wild creatures that are associated with \u201cterrible\u201d characteristics. For example, the story says, \u201cthey roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.\u201d Wild is used in an observatory way for abnormal characteristics. The protagonist is considered \u201cwild\u201d due to his wolf suit and the wild animals are established as \u201cwild\u201d because of their abnormal teeth, eyes, and claws. Although both stories use wild, the context of it differs and shows a different meaning for each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Jaileen Gutierrez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In both stories, \u201cThe Good Lion\u201d by Hemingway and \u201cwhere the wild things are\u201d by Maurice Sendak, the use of \u201cwild\u201d is used in context to civilized and uncivilized. In the Good Lion, we see the difference between what a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}