Themes in the book

Chikapeter+110 · Post by **Chikapeter+110** » 05 Sep 2022, 07:54

In the book, many themes are present ranging from police brutality, violence, killings, war, discrimination, hatred, and a lot more.

Claire Twy · Post by **Claire Twy** » 05 Sep 2022, 10:27

Meenahhhh wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 16:17 How many themes did you notice in the book? How could you relate to them? I think for me, I could relate to the themes of women’s rights, police brutality, and racism.

I saw quite a few themes but I would say the ones that stood out to me were power, justice, marginalisation and idealism vs practicality.
Power obviously relates to how the police abuse their position, but also how Steve uses his power as a cop to try and make a change to the system. The corruption and power struggle due to hierarchy as well as the protests by the defenceless all supported this theme too.
Justice is difficult to define, so it stood out to me as everyone served their own version of justice. To the police like Rizzo, justice is following the law and using force when necessary, but to Steve, justice is about doing what's right and making the world a better place for its citizens.
Mariginalisation was also quite important as groups like women and people of colour were discriminated against. We see the objectification of women and their fight for equal rights along with how the book touches on racism.
One thing that I would say that struck me was Steve's journey as a cop. While all his college friends protested change, including Roxy, all of them were simply idealists, and hesitant to actually do something. Steve was the only one who translated his hopes into action and tried to change the system, despite how difficult it was.

Carson25 · Post by **Carson25** » 06 Sep 2022, 05:58

Several themes emerged as I read this novel. Some of the themes that I could relate to were racism, police brutality, violence, and hatred.

Ebele Ekelobi · Post by **Ebele Ekelobi** » 07 Sep 2022, 03:05

I could relate to the theme of police brutality because I have experienced it before, and I strongly advocate against it.

Bef Ozo · Post by **Bef Ozo** » 07 Sep 2022, 04:00

There were a lot of themes in the book but police brutality stood out for me. It is a common occurrence in the society today it has claimed a lot of innocent lives. I hope this book can sensitize the public on this.

Walter R · Post by **Walter R** » 08 Sep 2022, 02:34

This book definitely touched on a whole lot of themes but the ones I could relate to most were war, love, police brutality and racism.

Bombasticsideeye · Post by **Bombasticsideeye** » 08 Sep 2022, 03:24

The themes I recognized in this book include racism, women's rights, police brutality, corruption and love and betrayal. The theme that affects me most is that of corruption because in my country it is rampant and is the major cause of suffering.

George Baker · Post by **George Baker** » 08 Sep 2022, 06:36

This book explores themes such as love, riots, discrimination, police brutality, determination, and fear, which helped me understand what the character was attempting to achieve.

Post by **Oluoma Chukwu** » 09 Sep 2022, 04:01

I could relate most to police brutality as we suffer nearly the same faith down here. But I noticed themes of war and love too most especially was appealing. There are other themes too but these were the ones that stood out for me.

Jordan Abio · Post by **Jordan Abio** » 09 Sep 2022, 15:39

The book deals with a variety of themes, including betrayal, war, love, police brutality, determination, violence, mass killing, riots, and many others.

Gordons Gordons · Post by **Gordons Gordons** » 10 Sep 2022, 02:17

I took note of the themes of; brutality, hopelessness, war, corruption, racism, vileness, and human rights abuse. We all see this happening in real life, so I could relate with all of them.

Lilian Kikimoe · Post by **Lilian Kikimoe** » 10 Sep 2022, 02:44

Sone themes in the book were; police brutality, racism, war, love, corruption, and good versus evil. Those were the main themes in the book for me.

Love Nico · Post by **Love Nico** » 10 Sep 2022, 03:39

There were many themes in Wild World. A few of them that stood out well are racism, betrayal, love, brutality, discrimination, and crime.

nataliegracemason · Post by **nataliegracemason** » 11 Sep 2022, 03:09

T T 2 wrote: ↑02 Aug 2022, 07:54 There were several themes that I noticed like police brutality, school shooting, and discrimination/racism. I am lucky enough to not have experienced any of it personally but have seen it happening to other people and it's just really heartbreaking to see something like this prevailing in this era. The only way we have progressed is in technology but our minds are still stuck in the old era of all stuff negative.

You took my thoughts right out of my head. You cannot imagine how grateful I am that I did not experience that.