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ANGER is a recurring theme in Ironman. The strong emotion manifests in many different forms throughout the book. Please complete the following in regards to ANGER...
1. Look up the definition of ANGER and explain how the definition is demonstrated in the book. (1 paragraph)
2. In 2 paragraphs, provide at least 4 examples of ANGER that occur in the book (be sure to include page numbers).
3. In 2 paragraphs, describe a time that you acted in ANGER and then later regretted your actions.
YES - that is 5 paragraphs total!
1) Anger: A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
ReplyDeleteThis definition is demonstrated in "Ironman" when Bo retaliates to Mr. Redmond's verbal abuse and calls him an "asshole". Due to Bo's anger he doesn't think about what he is saying until the words are actually out of his mouth.
2) There is an example of anger on page 40 when Ian Wyrack first sees Bo and asks why he is there. In his miniature rant, he insults Bo and calls him a punk. There is also another example of anger on page 67. It's still directed towards Bo, but this time Ian gets physical and threatens Bo.
On page 68 we find an example, it's where Wyrack actually physically strikes Bo. Due to this outburst, Bo is left with a red mark on his face. And a last example of a display of anger would be on page 134 when Shelly tells the story of how she reacted when she found out ther mom wasn't really a prostitute. Out of anger she leveled her parents' kitchen.
3) I remember distinctly a time when I was younger that I reacted in anger. This specific occurance took place about 6 years ago at my aunts house. There was family visiting from California that summer and we all got together to meet at my aunts house. There were quite a few members of my family that I did not know. My family is fairly large and as you can imagine, there are always smaller groups of closer family members that get along better and socialize among themselves.
Well in this particular setting, two of these "cliques" merged and formed a bigger "clique". This led to some panic among the smaller groups because this bigger group would obviously become bully's. I was in a smaller group of four and we were younger than most.
My aunt lives in a sub division with a public park in the middle. Us younger kids were playing in the play ground when the older bigger group came and started throwing pebbles. Long story short, I ended up cornered, spittin mad from all these kids throwing rocks at me. I picked up a larger pebble and threw it at the visiting family's SUV window and shattered it.
I got in trouble but at least the rock war ended.
Good job! 25/25
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ReplyDeleteDollens
Anger is demonstrated in the book by Bo's dad directing anger towards him. He does this several times throughout the story. Someone is always yelling or being disrespectful towards someone. That is when it causes someone else to get upset, mad, and angry. When you get mad you do things you don’t mean to do but do them because you are not clearly thinking. Like at the beginning of the book when Bo slams the door and makes his dad really mad.
Elvis has anger towards Bo because he doesn't fit in with the group. Ian Whyrick has anger towards him because Bo always beats him when they swim. Bo's dad when he was nine expressed anger towards him and banned him in his room. Shelly expresses anger towards Ian when he comes towards them at the cafe. Bo and Shelly create anger because of what they do and their actions they make.
In the anger management group Bo creates anger while walking into the anger management group because they think he is high class and he really isn't. Bo's dad has always had anger towards him because Bo has an attitude towards his dad that puts fuel towards the fire. The only person Bo doesn't create anger towards is Shelly. They get along with each other and don't care what other people think. Mr. Nak is neutral, he doesn't judge anyone, he just accepts them for who they are. That is how everyone should be but as we all know people are judgemental and not like that at all.
One time me and my brother got into a fight because he was doing ignorant things. I told him to stop but he wouldn’t listen to me. All he would do is keep running his mouth like he does so I simply started laying into him. I punched him a few times till he started and then i quit. I kept telling him that it was his choice he kept running his mouth. He couldn’t put two and two together I guess.
About 10 minutes goes by and he starts crying to his mom and then she started yelling at me. She didn’t care what had happened she was just pissed at me because I had hit him. I didn’t care at all because he deserved exactly what he got. My mom would not quit mouthing me after that so we go into and threw some words back and forth at each other. I later regretted yelling at my mom because she is my mom and i should have 100 percent respect for her, no matter how pissed I ever get at her.
I don't see your dictionary definition of Anger and you did not include page numbers with your examples. 22/25
DeleteAnger is defined as a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. There are many times when Bo is displeased with Redmond. He also gets annoyed at his dad. Bo also is displeased with his dad trying to help Bo’s competition. There are times that he also it hostile with Redmond and his dad.
ReplyDeleteOne example is when Bo acts out with hostility towards Redmond by calling him an a**hole. That takes place first on page 4. He didn’t like the way Redmond was insulting and humiliating him so he lashed out at Redmond. There is also where Bo slammed the door at his house when his dad made him open and close the door 10 times for coming in too loudly. That is on page 34. Bo also didn’t do as his dad asked him to after.
There also is the time when Shelly acted out against her adopted mother when she found out that she lied to her about her real mother. That one starts on page 133 and ends on 134. Shelly was very angry. The last one I can think of is when Ian slaps Bo. Ian was mad that Bo had beat him and made him swim extra laps and he was trying to keep him from doing it again. That happens on page 68. But no matter what, Bo did not let Ian’s anger scare him off.
There was one time that I acted in anger and regretted it. My brother was being an annoying brat and I was suppose to be in charge but he was not listening to me. In the end I clawed at his arm. I did not mean to leave a mark but it still did. When my dad got home and saw it he got onto me and told me about how to control my anger.
There was also a time when I had acted out by locking him out side. It was the same reasons but I still acted out. It wasn’t as bad as the time before. I still got in trouble when my dad got home and my brother told on me. But that time I did not get into as much trouble as before.
Good job! 25/25
DeleteAnger is to wrath or arouse in anger. Anger is displayed in this book by name calling. Also anger is a part of prejudice in this book and bigotting. In the book Mr. Nak calls anger a sort of fear. So anger comes from fear whether it is fear from home a bully or a triathlon.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that this book has shown on anger is Bo calling Redmond an A- hole. Bo got angry because Redmond was calling him out and embarrassing and Bo does not like that. Second Elvis shout out in anger at several people in the Nak Pak because his dad bailed on him and his family. So now Elvis is taking care of his family and has fear.
Another act of anger in this book is Bo slamming the door shut because his dad treated him like he was two and made him feel small and embarrassed. Lastly Hudgie makes his anger debut because his dad shot his dog. Maybe that dog was Hudgies bud or something but that made him really upset. (I do not have the book with me so I do not have the page #’s).
I have acted out in anger by wrathing about something i thought I saw happen but was not true. I have done this multiple times. Instead of being patient and talking about it I assume the worst and blow up. Which really just makes it worse.
I regret all the times I have done this because It is way harder to make peace out of. Instead of coming about it in a nice way I don’t give the other one a chance to speak until I already make a fool of myself. So I need to learn how to approach things in a better manner.
While you provided good examples, you needed to have those page numbers. 23/25
DeleteTaylor Mooneyham
ReplyDeleteSept. 17th
Anger
Anger- a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. Anger is a huge part of this book. In fact anger is pretty much what the whole book is about. Anger is demonstrated consistently throughout the book. For example Bo has terrible temper and he gets angry a lot. Most of the time he is either angry with Redmond, his swimming team and mostly his Father. It seems like one of the three is always causing problems if not all of them.
Multiple times throughout the book anger is displayed. For example when Bo was just a little kid he accidentally slammed the door while his father was sleeping. His father woke up furious and this moment pretty ruined this father son relationship. Not only was was his dad mad it ended up making Bo mad and he broke the door. Another instance was at football practice. Coach Redmond humiliated Bo in front of the whole team. Therefore Bo stormed off and quit.
Anger is also shown when Redmond forces Bo to take anger management. Bo’s bad mouth didn't help him in that case. He called Redmond an ass hole... again, however this time it was in front of the class. Bo is also angry when he learns his father is helping the competition. His D-bag of a Dad gives away a top of the line bike to his rival race team. What kind of dad does that??? Yeah that would piss me off too.
I remember one day in jr. high football practice where I lost my anger. I'm an extremely competitive person to the point where I will step on you in order to win. I was competing for the QB position and I was having an off day. So Dalton Rogers the other Qb got put in and I was put in on defence. The very first play that he had was a pass play and dropped back and threw the ball. About 2 full seconds later I rocked his world.
I regret this action for a few reasons. One reason is because Coach Creed was the coach. Rick Creed is pretty much one of the scariest people to little jr high kids. Lets just say he lectured me pretty good and loud. Also I regret this because Rogers is one of my best friends. And yes he tends to bring it up all the time and gives me the guilt trip.
Good job and good examples, but you needed to provide page numbers. You need to tell Dalton to get over it - ha! 23/25
DeleteGood job and good examples, but you needed to provide page numbers. You need to tell Dalton to get over it - ha! 23/25
DeleteAnger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. This word defines Bo’s emotions towards a lot of situations that occur in the book Ironman. A good example of Bo being prejudice is when he was talking to Larry King in his journal. He said "Mr. Nak and his Murderous thugs" (pg.24). Another example is when Bo's dad was being cruel to Bo when his dad left him in his room during Christmas because of what Bo did with the door.
ReplyDeleteIan Wyrack is mad at Bo because Bo was beating him in swim practice. That ticked off Ian so much that he actually physically hurt Bo. This made Bo so mad too were Bo would just workout even harder for this challenge. Bo also showed anger towards Mr. Redmond by saying, "Does your wife call you an ahole" (pg.10). Bo had so much anger towards Mr. Redmond that he had the gut to say that to his teacher.
Bo and his father relationship start off bad when Bo slammed the door when he was a kid. In the book Bo said, "On the tenth time, I swung the door as wide as a crocodile's mouth and slammed it as hard as I could" (pg. 28). As Bo grew older and graduated high school he wanted to seek help for him and his dad. His dad was better to him than he was when Bo was younger.
There are multiple times when me and my dad would disagree on something and things didn't go real well for me. so i would argue for a long time, digging myself a deeper hole than what i was already in. I would get so mad that i would smart off or bull up to him. Doing those things got be grounded for a week. I learned my lesson from the discipline i had.
There have been several times that me and my brother have fought and my parents get ferious when that happens. There was one time my brother wouldn't stop running his mouth at me and he needed to be put in his place. Since I acted in anger by punching him in the side of the face, I got in big trouble and got my truck taken away for a few days. I really regretted that.
Good job! Use this blog entry as an example of how EACH of your blog entries need to be! You are showing me you are capable! And...being a big brother can be frustrating, take your anger out on the football field! 25/25
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ReplyDeleteThe definition of anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. In the book, Bo feels anger towards his father and Mr. Redmond. He feels like they are on the same team. When Bo should feel like his dad is taking his side when he takes Mr. Redmonds side. Bo gets annoyed by this and feels betrayed doesn’t want anything to do with his father.
In the book, Mr. Redmond is mean and a jerk to Bo making Bo go to a anger management class because the way he acted in class. Bo doesn't want to go to this class but his makes him. Bo gets angry and feels like he is taking sides. When Bo opens the front door and shuts it, it accidentally slams and his get mad and makes him open and shut it a couple of times. On the last time, Bo slams it shut and his dad made him go up to his room until he said he was sorry.
Right before he was going to train, Ein Wyrack came up to him and started picking on Bo. Bo doesn’t like him at all. All of a sudden Ein slaps him in the face and walks off. Bo just takes it like a man and lets Shelly, his girl, take care of it. Towards the end of the story, his dad is selling this nice $5,000 bike. The store manager tells Bo that his dad is selling it to Wyrack. That he seen him talking to him and writing paper work out of it. Bo felt really betrayed and hurt because he heard he was just giving it to him.
One time, during a football game, I didn’t do so well on a carry, which means me running the ball. So I got mad and the next play I fumbled it and the other team recovered the ball. The coaches were yelling at me. But I cancelled everything out. Lucky I intercepted it the next play. That cause me to get excited and harder and do better.
In about 8th grade I was playing basketball and this was getting up in my face. He was just being Physical. The next time he did it I got mad and pushed him as hard as I could. He went went and hit the front pretty hard. But because of that I got to sit out the rest of the game.
Sean Mulkey
ReplyDeleteThe definition of anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. In the book you feel anger several times. Bo has anger towards his father throughout most of his childhood. Anger plays a big role in this book and is portrayed quite often. Bo feels annoyance from Mr. Redmond being a jerk all the time and not leaving him alone.
In the book Mr. Redmond is a jerk to Bo after he quits the football team. Bo can’t believe that Redmond won’t leave him alone. They get into an argument in class and Bo calls him an asshole and walks out of the class. In return Redmond makes him sign up for anger management classes. Bo hates Redmond almost as bad as his father. Bo’s father went behind his back and gave Ian Wyrick a five thousand dollar bike to beat his own son. This was also the bike Bo begged his father to buy for him and he would work it off.
When Bo was a child he slammed the screen door on accident. His father made him open and close the door several times. This made Bo very angry so on the last time he had to close the door he slammed it as hard as he could. This made his father furious, he banned his son to his room until he apologized. Which lasted for seven months and he also spent Christmas in his room by himself. Ian Wyrick also made Bo very angry. He slapped him and beat on him because Bo made the team look bad when they raced in the pool.
Last spring during golf season I was in the lead of a tournament. I had three holes to play. I three-jacked a hole and blew up. I have never been so angry playing golf in my life. So I went to the next tee box mumbling curse words under my breath, still extremely pissed for what happened on the last hole. I ended up bogeying the last two holes and losing the golf tournament by a stroke. I have never been so disappointed in myself in my life. I gave away a tournament because I let my emotions get the best of me. I was not having fun playing golf and had to think about why I play the game. This year I will have the best attitude to have so I can play to my full potential.
Looking back on it now I know that I must keep my composure. I regret not shrugging it off and forget about just go on to the next hole. I will have a better attitude this year and enjoy being out their. It is a privilege to play golf and I will take advantage of it.
Anger Extra Credit
ReplyDeleteAnger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong.Anger can be a good thing sometimes.It can give you a way to express negative feeling,for example or motivate you to find solutions to problems. Anger is in all of us, but what that is anger is different for everybody.I think Bo being in the anger management class really helped him a lot.But Bo thought he doesn’t need to be there but as time passes he became more open for discussion and more social with the kids that were also in that class.The anger management class leted he to see that there is more worse kids then him but he never thought of that in the beginning.I think that without the class he would never make it to the triathlon, during the triathlon. Bo’s friends from the anger management class supported him and gave him a lot of support toward the big race. Also, i think that his girlfriend Shelly pushed him to try harder and she gave him a lot of support towards the big race.Bo wouldn't of met Shelly if it hadn't been for Mr.Nak’s class.
His anger towards Mr.Redmond rubs off and is released by his training. One can see that Bo’s anger comes from his dad too.In his fathers eyes Bo gives away a hundred dollar.to a homeless person.But Bo’s father says that he doesn’t know the value of a dollars but Bo says you dont know the value of pain.(pg.70)
In the letter Bo talked about Mr.Serbousek being gay.He was ok about it after he talked to Mr.Nak. Bo was angry when he had to spend Christmas in his room because the argument his dad got in to.Bo was also angry about the door he had to lose and open a couple of times.
Hudge dad killed Hudges dog because he couldn’t take care of the dog for a day like feed him.(pg.87-89) Then there is Elvis and his family that broken up and he has to take care of his sister and brother and still go to school and take care of them which he thinks that is not fair because his dad left and his mother left as well.
I was angry over my sisters because every time there was a wedding coming up they always went and i couldn't because i was not old enough but when my mom said to do some work around the house they said when i was little i did that so you have to do it because you're big enough to do it that is why i am so angry but know i know that when my mom was my age she got married and she had a lot responsibilities.She went to work then come home and clean after use and she always went to bed really late she told me. I guess i am going on her path which is good because she said when you grow up you already know what to do and it would be easier for you.
Anger is something we all have.This book shows how we can make are anger a positive thing.It shows how to control your emotions.Bo is a great example of this.We can all learn a lot from him.Anger might be the most obvious theme in the book.I think people who have anger problems should read this book and learn from it because i learned from it a lot know i feel better in my life because i thought i was the only one that has the problem with anger but i am not so ya.i loved this book.Thanks Mrs.Ellis
Anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. Anger plays a major role throughout the entire book. Every character in the book displays anger quite frequently. The use of anger hurts their relationships with their families, friends, and others around them. Not everybody controls the feeling in a correct way to prevent hurting people they did not mean to. Anger is prevalent throughout causing many of them to be in the Nak Pak to learn ways to control it and not have outburst. Bo and Hudgie have problems with their fathers; Elvis has family problems, and all the rest of the group also have problems of their own.
ReplyDeleteThere are several incidents were anger plays a major role in the situation. For example Bo had made Ian Wyrack mad after out swimming him when he was advised not to. Ian met him outside practice one morning to have a little talk with him. I and was so mad he ended up hitting him the face instead of being up for the challenge of out swimming Bo and practicing harder (pages 66-69). This problem along with many others was blown out of proportion. Another incident that happened in the book that should not of if anger was dealt with properly is when Bo being kind of upset with Shelley after she had bet money he would win the Iron Man Competition (164-165). Shelley just believed in his abilities and knew he could do anything he put his mind to. Bo ended up winning and he never got to upset about the situation he just did not want to lose money or make a bet he could not win.
There are also problems with a lot of the group’s fathers. Bo and Hudgie seem to have the biggest problems with their dads. For example when Bo was a kid his dad always took an afternoon nap and everyone knew not to wake him up. Well Bo accidently slammed the door and his father woke up and gave him punishment (page 34-35) . After awhile the punishment turned in to opening and closing the door ten times quietly when Bo finally got mad and slammed it on the tenth time. He was locked in his room through Christmas and never had a good relationship with his father afterwards all because anger got to both of them. Another example of anger getting the best of one of the fathers is when Hudgie forgot to feed his dog and his dad shot it (191-192). This was uncalled for and everybody forgets to do things sometimes. I think the Nak
Pak members all learned how anger can hurt people and it does not resolve anything in a good way.
There are several times I have acted in anger and later regretted it. It seems that things just come out when you are mad and you cannot control it until you have calmed down and by then regret the decision you had made. There was this one time I had went to this horse show and did really good and so my family and I were going to attend the awards banquet afterwards. I kept getting award and everyone was cheering but my brother was cheering extra loud to embarrass me and it worked but it also made me mad! I asked him to stop and as a brother would he did not and I just seemed to get a little madder. When I headed up for my next award in front of all those people and he was still cheering I turned around to him and yelled shut up! The room got silent. I was more embarrassed then I think I had ever been before. I was in so much trouble.
At times like the ones above you act on the instance without thinking. People around you can lose respect for you or you may lose the relationships with them because of what you have done. Instead of finding a better way to solve your problems and you can never take it back. As in my situation it all went back to normal. I apologized to everyone and was grounded for what seemed like an eternity. I will never do that again and I try to think my decisions through and not let my anger get the best of me anymore. It is something you have to kind of live and learn to keep your anger under control and not regret your decisions because you can never take them back!