But her violence comes across as a necessary response to the brutal world into which she has fallen.
"That, in the brutal world of the market, immediately translates into wages."
Deregulation has created a brutal world where only very large carriers with huge international route systems can hope to be big players.
And now here he was, leaving not only her control but his wife's as well, heading off into the brutal, masculine world of war.
But in his case, the marketplace was a more personal one: the brutal dating world of Manhattan.
The tale can be read as the social and sexual maturation of a young man in a brutal world.
Is film studies going to equip kids with the skills they need for this brutal world?
They are happy to escape the brutal world of rural India to find their own careers and future.
In their brutal world, strength alone gave the right to lead.
"They have established and maintained a settlement on a brutal, primitive world."