Violence In A Streetcar Named Desire, The Shawl And Big Fish

Violence is a common way for people to display their anger, dominance, beliefs, and through many other ways. Oftentimes, literature is a goldmine for violence as it has the ability to shape characters and portray or transform them into who they are. As common as violence appears in literature, the meanings are limitless, and this is evident as seen in various literature pieces. Works of literature including violence as it pertains to the main characters and development of the storyline include A Streetcar Named Desire, The Shawl, and Big Fish. These specific stories pose various forms of violence with Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor increasing the ability for violence to be analyzed beyond what a reader takes away just from

Two forces clashing were the Jews and the Nazi-Germans. The main concern with violence was obviously the fact that there was an attempted genocide of the Jews by the Hitler ran Germans. Rosa, a Jewish mother to Magda, are pitted against the evil forces of the Nazis. The Jews in the camps were not treated well and violent actions were used as a means of dominance and to prove themselves over the Jews. The violence was used as a way of obedience, to keep the Jews in line so they would do as they say. This is best described when “[Stella] only stood, because if she ran they would shoot, and if she tried to pick up the sticks of Magda’s body they would shoot” (Ozick 10). A terrific summary of the violence and devastation occurring at the time when there’s imagery of the forces showing their opposition and at odds with each other that would lead to violence. The ability for the Nazis to have such a great deal of power over the members of the camp was evident and astonishing. This violence was not just the Nazis mistreating Jews, but it was also symbolic and stood for their beliefs and how they felt about each other. The Jews did not have much going for them, so holding on to their possessions was tough, especially when they were faced with death and violence in pursuit of an innocent