Does He Mean That By S. E. Hinton

In today’s world there are people that commit violent crimes every day. Violent people all over plan horrible things to do to public people such as a shooting in a school, a store, or an airport. Not all people are violent but there are many violent people in the world, people go through horrible things and it can alter their brain to think differently and violently. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton contains a great deal of violence throughout the story, violence is a lifestyle in the main character, Ponyboy, and his gangs lives. Violence is something most people want to avoid; although, some try to bring violence to society.

There are two kinds of violence found in literature: violence caused by other characters, and violence that the characters have no control over. Foster claimed “Violence is one of the most personal and even intimate acts between human beings, but it can also be cultural and societal in its implication (Foster 88).” The effects of violence caused by other characters and violence that the characters have no control over are different. Violence caused by other characters tend to be more personal, the character inflicting the violence would have more motivation because they feel they were insulted in a way. For example in The Things They Carried when O'Brien was shot for the second time and Jorgenson was unable to treat him O'Brien decides to

      Often, simple physical conflicts are used to develop characters and to increase the suspense and action between them. In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield the 16-year-old narrator and protagonist claims to be a pacifist. Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. As a sincere person living amongst phonies, he views others as completely immoral and unscrupulous. In the novel violence is used to further develop Holden's character. This is shown through his physical conflict with Stradlater, his conflict with Maurice, and the suicide of James Castle.

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor it notifies that violence is not just an act to beat one another but it can be interpreted as an intimate act between humans or a cultural/societal act. When there is violence that is brought up into the text it was put there for a reason, for a much deeper meaning that is written. There are two types of violence: a specific injury that causes the characters to visit one another, and when the narrative violence is general harm to the character. Reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor helped with understanding that Faulkner has a lot of tragedy and symbolic deaths that could maybe tie along with some biblical allusions that a reader can draw from.

The two kinds of violence that are presented in literature are those that are caused by the characters themselves, and those that are out of the character’s hands and are caused by the author. An example of a character death by another character is in The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes. In The Naturals, Cassie, a teenager gifted with the ability to profile killers, joins an elite team of other kids who have the same abilities as her. Throughout her course of working with them, she discovers the secret to her mother’s murder and also who is behind it. Upon being lured out into an abandoned warehouse at the end of the novel, Cassie is brought face to face with her mother’s killer, Special Agent Lacey Locke. As Agent Locke is about to kill

In this chapter, the author speaks of violence and the two kinds of violence which are the specific injury and the narrative violence. Violence can be described as symbolic, thematic, biblical, Shakespearean, romantic, allegorical, or transcendent. Examples of character cause violence include stabbings, shootings, drownings, poisoning, and etcetera. When harm or suffering is brought to the characters without the characters being responsible, it is narrative violence.

Violence plays a big role in this book and the author used violence in the book to tell the readers that violence is not the answer to anything.

In literature, the two different kinds of violence are the specific injury that characters bring upon themselves (shootings, stabbings, bombings, etc.) and the when the author brings it upon all of the characters in general to advance the plot. An example of the first type of violence is presented in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Caesar is killed by Cassius, Brutus and their accomplices. The death of Caesar lead to more death and more problems throughout Rome. The purpose was to show how great power can lead to death and destruction and violence only creates a bigger mess. An example of the second type of violence is seen in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Myrtle is killed in a fatal accident by Daisy but due to his great love for her,

     Another example of violence transpiring for more than a sole purpose, is through the character of Jonathan Harker. Jonathan is struggling with an inner conflict, and one of the supernatural; man versus himself and man versus the supernatural. His inner conflict is due to the fact that in his mind, he is a prisoner in Castle Dracula, and there are no means of escape. Therefore, the struggle within himself is one of keeping his sanity and rational way of thinking, since he is such a rational, business-minded man. However, the most obvious conflict derives from the physical and mental struggle with Count Dracula. The novel sets a tone of good versus evil or the supernatural, which is directly related to the conflict. Accordingly, on June 29, the Count tells Jonathan that this is his last day when he stated, "To-morrow, my friend, we must part"(pg.51). After the Count led him to the door where the wolves were howling, he

One example of violence in this book is when the dogs show up trying to eat Lucy. “He heaved, she kicked desperately her left foot hit something with a solid thwack and a yelp, and all of a sudden her momentum carried her up to the high branch he straddled”(Treggiari 27). Lucy is in danger so she attempts to injure the dog in order to survive, which is a case of violence. Another example of violence in this book is when the Sweepers show up at Lucy’s camp. ““Del!”

Violence can trigger powerful emotions in people, whether it be anger, sadness or despair. As a result, violence is often used in visual media to convey a message or evoke a reaction in an audience due to its power. Violent depictions in movies, artwork and news often have lasting and profound effects on an individual making it a powerful tool that can be used to convey ideas.

Sexism is the stereotyping and discrimination based upon gender. Typically steered towards women, it has played a large part in not only our society today but in the past as well. In the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, it is shown in the treatment of the women by their male counterparts. It is most prevalent in the way that fortune-seeking Petruchio goes about taming his aggressive and sharp-tongued wife Katharina. By examining Petruchio’s actions and Katharina’s reactions towards his efforts at taming her, once can see that the play is indeed sexist.

Violence throughout our time has been evident ever since the beginning of our human species. From verbal to physical, one will not go through his/her lifetime without understanding the violent nature of other people. Richard Wilkinson brought up a point that “More unequal societies tend to be more violent” (Wilkinson 2). Wilkinson shows that there is a prominent correlation between income and homicide. Lower incomes shows higher rates of homicide. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens shows how violence can flourish due to the inequality seen in the lower classes. Dickens uses violence to portray that a society filled with inequalities can lead to violence.

Violence can be described as a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Violence has been around from the beginning and can be seen through history in writing and events that occurred. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, violence’s jarring effects on societal members are evidenced through various relationships and partnerships, portraying society’s corrupt ideologies and ethics.

An author can never be certain of how readers are going to interpret their writings. Especially with many different readers with different values and beliefs, interpretations tend to vary as well. This makes it difficult for authors to achieve their goal of pushing a certain point across. Many tactics and strategies are taken to give a certain representation to guide the reader on the right path. One of them is conveying violence into the texts, because violence results in a large reaction therefore it has a large impact. Since a large impact is associated with violence, it is a tactic that is often used by authors of protest literature. There are different ways in which violence can be shown, in order to voice protest in literature. Most of the time violence is a useful tactic in impacting a reader. However, there are also risks that are taken when applying violence into a novel, which makes it difficult. There is a criteria that a novel needs to meet to have violence in it. It does not fit well in some stories.