Melanie T.

Vo
AP English
Pd. 1
4/5/14
Anger is an expression of displeasure and they way you deal with it define what kind of
person you are: either way, its productive and destructive. But the division between productivity
and destruction is the power of control. Anger can be productive when you can control it to
become a better person and is destructive when anger controls and overpowers you, causing you
to hold grudges and explode furiously. The way you manage your anger can easily benefit you or
become a disadvantage to you and we must decide on what and how we need to handle it.
It takes a strong and well self-respected person to be able to control their temper. On one
hand, according to Barreca (source C), anger reflects on who you are. She started off letting
everything out and mentioned what had triggered her anger (ie: husband, job, etc). As she
continued on, she began to reflect on herself. She knew the reason she became angry is because
she cared about what bothered her. That made her a better person. Therefore, I feel like
managing anger is a path towards serenity and an enhanced person. You can control anger, but
you must handle it in an adequate manner. On another hand, Aristotle (source E) does not say so
directly, he apparently assumes that anger is caused by conflicts between ourselves and others,
resulting in insolence and revenge. But I believe he emerges with Barrecas argument by
implying that we must interpret peoples anger as benefactors and not always bad. I think once we
are able to grasp the idea on what to do with fury, we can use others anger, and also our own, to
become a self-improving person.
Both Barreca and Aristotle are right that anger can be interpreted into ways for yourself
to reflect on life and grow to be a morally enhanced person, but Barry seems to be on a more
dubious ground when he stated there are many causes for rage in our modern worlds, and if
were going to avoid unnecessary violence, we all need to keep our cool. (Source B). Barry
believes anger cannot be controlled. In his piece about road rage, you can sense his exaggerated
CAPS-LOCK sarcasm of him screaming at basically nothing, and if anything, himself. Barry
emphasizes that its difficult to control anger, especially when there are many reasons generating
it. Fuller can much so agree that anger is destructive. Fuller doesnt say so explicitly, but I feel
like he supposes that when you are angry, you begin to hold grudges on people who made you
furious or didnt give you what you wanted. I assume keeping anger for a long period of time is
like having the devil inside you. Also, Fuller states, Had Narcissus himself seen his own face
when he had been angry, he could never have fallen in love with himself. (Source D). This
deflects upon Barrecas positivity on how anger can make you become a better person. Fuller
disagrees and argues that when we are angry. I believe that we hold some sort of guilt upon
ourselves (when we explode at the wrong times) and thus, we cannot look at ourselves with self
admiration.
I consider management as the division between angers productivity and destruction
because if you can control your anger, you can create solutions to the problems you held onto;
and if you cannot control it, you may end up on a road of mistakes and regret.