Violence 101 Character Response
Violence 101 Character Response
Violence 101 by Denis Wright, is about a fourteen year old Hamish, Hamish Graham, who doesn’t simply do terrible and violent things, he is committed to the belief that violence is the solution to the obstacles in life. But Hamish is also extremely smart, self –aware, has curiosity beyond the imagination, looks up to great leaders like Alexander the Great, Charles Upham and Te Rauparaha-all men of action and considers everyone around him as institutionalized.
I found violence 101 sometimes disturbing which is seen as an example when Hamish pushes an elderly man into the ocean, split opening up his head as a result of been hit against a wooden log, when he stuffs his neighbor’s dog and he when slashes the counsellors two fingers with a pair of scissors. It was also downright intense which is seen as an example when he engages into a fight with Toko and ends up with breaking someone’s arm.
Hamish has faced a lot of challenges because of his committed belief that violence is the solution of everything, but his main challenge was to climb the Gridlestone peak, which had already claimed two lives of the people Hamish knew. This is seen as an example when Hamish is about to start his climb, “I’m feeling a bit weird at the moment. I don’t think I have ever been scared about anything in my life before so I don’t know how to react to this feeling. Doubt and uncertainty are also new feelings for me.” it tells us about how nervous he is about climbing the peak, and the idea that has been revealed is, he is not that tough as he thinks of himself. Halfway on the mountain he stops, when he thinks he can’t continue anymore. Then he suffers delusional disorder in which his brain presents his idols in front of him. He asks them to help him to continue the summit, but each time he is been called weak and rejected by his idols he uses their negative comments as a motivation power. This gives us an idea of how he is using violence and anger as
Violence 101 by Denis Wright, is about a fourteen year old Hamish, Hamish Graham, who doesn’t simply do terrible and violent things, he is committed to the belief that violence is the solution to the obstacles in life. But Hamish is also extremely smart, self –aware, has curiosity beyond the imagination, looks up to great leaders like Alexander the Great, Charles Upham and Te Rauparaha-all men of action and considers everyone around him as institutionalized.
I found violence 101 sometimes disturbing which is seen as an example when Hamish pushes an elderly man into the ocean, split opening up his head as a result of been hit against a wooden log, when he stuffs his neighbor’s dog and he when slashes the counsellors two fingers with a pair of scissors. It was also downright intense which is seen as an example when he engages into a fight with Toko and ends up with breaking someone’s arm.
Hamish has faced a lot of challenges because of his committed belief that violence is the solution of everything, but his main challenge was to climb the Gridlestone peak, which had already claimed two lives of the people Hamish knew. This is seen as an example when Hamish is about to start his climb, “I’m feeling a bit weird at the moment. I don’t think I have ever been scared about anything in my life before so I don’t know how to react to this feeling. Doubt and uncertainty are also new feelings for me.” it tells us about how nervous he is about climbing the peak, and the idea that has been revealed is, he is not that tough as he thinks of himself. Halfway on the mountain he stops, when he thinks he can’t continue anymore. Then he suffers delusional disorder in which his brain presents his idols in front of him. He asks them to help him to continue the summit, but each time he is been called weak and rejected by his idols he uses their negative comments as a motivation power. This gives us an idea of how he is using violence and anger as