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Synthesis

Anger is often looked at in different perspectives. Sometimes people mistake someones anger
for a negative thing and get angry themselves. Anger can cause damage to relationships or make them
stronger. Nowadays, people seem to be angered easily for simply things like who completed a task first
or who got a higher test score. There are only a few who have patience and dont get riled up quickly.
These people are able to control themselves and not get angry on their own. It takes a lot more to make
these types of people angry. There are two different sides on when anger is productive or destructive.
Anger is productive in competitions, giving you a boost of adrenaline and confidence in yourself, but
destructive when it is used for revenge on those who did something you didnt like and you hurt them
physically and/or mentally.
Everyone gets nervous on a big day. Anger can help a person do better in these types of days. It
allows them to be aggressive and pumped up to win. If someone you really care for makes you angry on
an important day, your adrenaline is pumped and youre ready to beat everybody or do the best you can
do. It allows people to feel excitement rather than nervousness and anxiety. Whether a person decides
to release their anger out on debates, races, or game days, it is used in a productively manner. For
example, someone in a debate may get angry because they want others to join what they believe.
Barreca says that anger can offer a voice-raised above others-which can finally be heard. This is true in
debates or just simply speaking your heart out and letting people know what youre thinking. Barreca
also says, To believe in a cause with passion is to risk encountering anger-in oneself, in ones opponent-
but the risk is sometimes worth it (Barreca, 3). They want their opponent in their debate to consider
agreeing with them instead of opposing to their opinions. If someone gets a person angry before a big
game, they may put that anger to use such as being more competitive to release the anger theyre
feeling. In order for someone to do the best they can do, they need to have a passion for it. When and if
they do have a passion for it, they may stumble upon angry people or anger even in themselves, which
may help in a positive way.
Although anger has its positivity, it also has its negativity and downfall to it. It can ruin
relationships or break any social bonds, according to Barreca and Fuller. Anger is destructive when it is
used for revenge on those who did any wrongful act towards you. It is destructive when its used to
harm another either physically or mentally. If you lash out your anger impulsively, that may cause
people to become angry as well or cause a relationship to disappear. Anger should not be used for
getting back at someone who did wrong to you. If someone made you feel an unwanted feeling, it
doesnt mean that you do the same to them so they can feel your pain as well. Revenge is what people
do though. As said by Aristotle, humans become composed when they catch the offender and if they
experienced worse things than the person who caught them, thats when they feel they have had
revenge on someone. Instead of dealing with anger by getting revenge on someone and possibly hurting
those in any type of way, it should be dealt with in a calm and composed manner. Like Barry said in his
piece, anger is passed on to others when they see other people getting angry at something. He believes
that patience doesnt exist in American citizens. Rather than acting on impulse and immediately
choosing revenge as the only option, the issue should be carefully thought through. If someone gets
revenge on someone else, that person may get revenge on someone else because they were hurt so
they wanted someone else to feel their pain too. In this case, revenge gets passed on as well as anger
both in which can hurt people in different ways.
Depending on the situation or the person, anger can either destroy it or produce it positively.
There are different reasons and thoughts about when anger should be used and when it should not.
Although people have different reasoning to where the line that separates anger from production to
destruction, competitions and revenge is where I see it. What we all can do it try to compose ourselves
and watch our actions. We can think before we act or think before we talk to save us the hassle of
destroying something valuable and protect ourselves from hurting someone. We may not intend to
initially, but thats why we should try to stay calm before acting on impulse. If keeping calm can save us
from destruction, there will be fewer problems with people around us.


Works Cited
Aristotle
Aristotle. "BookII." Rhetoric. Trans.W. Rhys Roberts.New York: ModernLibrary, 1954. N.pag.
InternetClassics Archive.Web. 3 Feb. 2014
Dave Barry
Barry, Dave."RoadWarrior." 100 GreatEssays. Vol. 3. N.p.:Longman, n.d. 75-77. Print.
Regina Barreca
Barreca, Regina. "The Fires Within: Anger, The Sixth Deadly Sin, Defines Us, Consumes Us and
Occasionally Elevates Us." Chicago News Tribune [Chicago] 10 Sept. 1995.