Taiyyab Ahmed

AP Language and composition

Mrs. Belmonte
05-29-14
The division that separates anger from production to destruction is dependent on the
amount of reality you let your anger take hold of. If your anger completely distorts your reality,
then its destructive. But if your anger still leaves you with a sense of who and whats around,
then its always productive.
Destructive anger is within all of us. Some of us unleash it and others dont. The
conditions that a person is in can sometimes get him angry very easily (source E). Therefore, if
we get angry very easily, then the more easy it becomes for our rage to control over our whole
reality. Also, if someones rage completely consumes them, then that means the no longer care
for who and what gets affected while theyre enraged. But if you keep anger within yourself, you
also create a lot of negativity within yourself (source D). For example, if you were angry that
you got a low test score, do you keep your test score in mind and your target score you want to
reach and attempt to accomplish that? Or do you get mad at yourself for not doing as well as you
though you would and hold your anger in and let it stir up bad feelings about yourself. So do you
use your anger to do something better, or do you keep it in and let it plant seeds of negativity
within yourself.
When your anger is productive, it helps you accomplish something. Productive anger is
when someones angry, but to the extent that theyre still aware of what they need to accomplish
and whos around them. Theyre aware of how their actions might affect the people around them,
which is why they utilize their anger cautiously. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. he used
his anger to turn the world around because he wanted equality. His anger literalized the words,
we are willing to fight for a cause (Source C). Instead of using his anger to retaliate against the
opposition and use violence to alleviate the problems, he used his anger to guide his oath to
equality. His anger is what drove him towards his goal. So, we can learn from martin Luther king
Jr that when our anger has left us with our goal in mind, we can use it on our side. Instead of a
weapon of mass destruction, it becomes a part of us and helps us reach the light at the end of the
tunnel.
Clearly the border that separates anger from production to destruction is complete
dependent on how much of yourself you let it control.











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