The Portrayal of Violence Violence is a dominant theme throughout Homer's The Odyssey and London's The Call of the Wild. ... Nobody "so my mother and father call me, all my friends- (Homer 9:410). ... In London's The Call of the Wild, violence is necessary in order for Buck to adapt to a new life style. ... Buck's wild instincts begin to show as the fight begins. ... In The Odyssey, Odysseus anticipates greater power and pride by means of violence, while Buck, in The Call of the Wild, gains knowledge in order to ensure the continuation of his life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The News is personified as wild, out of control, animalistic, monstrous, beastly and therefore, as the reader is positioned to see, both powerful and very dangerous. ... Wild excitement! ... He suggests that, since the conversation between Katharina and Gotten has given great satisfaction to the uninvited listener, Beizmenne, the reader too should consider making telephone calls more frequently – "This notable and noteworthy process should prompt us to telephone more often [as someone] may derive pleasure from such a call" (p. 59). ...

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Krauthammer believes that the our administration tried to call the attack a spontaneous demonstration gone wild in order to avoid any blame. ... He argues that Obama called the jihadists "violent extremists" and classified the Fort Hood murders when the shooter yelled "Allahu Akbar" as "work place violence....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Krauthammer believes that the our administration tried to call the attack a spontaneous demonstration gone wild in order to avoid any blame. ... He argues that Obama called the jihadists "violent extremists" and classified the Fort Hood murders when the shooter yelled "Allahu Akbar" as "work place violence....

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When children get older and start to exhibit wild and or/violent behavior, it seems as though many parents today turn to medicine. ... Instead of games of the past like Super Mario and Need for Speed, there are games such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty. ...

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Movie Violence and Society It's everywhere. It's all around us. We cannot escape from it because it's who we are. It is violence. "By the age of 18, the average American child will have seen 200,000 violent acts on television (and in movies), including 400 murders," according to Thomas Radecki, a r...

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School