When we think of anger, we think of negative connotations of what being angry could mean as we tend to not consider the good that may result from anger. We see it as a means to control, think of it as an enraged wildfire that devastates throughout a forest of emotions and up until the last acre. But it is so, this wildfire leads to the birth of new life and self-realization.
Anger is what made Walter Dean Myers one of the best authors he was to date, as what started out as a burning light became his tree of new life. Walter Dean Myers was born with a speech impediment and struggled through it during his early childhood up until his early teens. While trying to find a calm balance between academics and home, Myers spent these years reading and writing literature, although it can be said, this was due to his lack of addressing his annunciation and speech clarity problems.
He wasn't always interested in books, in fact, the first book he read (East o’ the Sun, West o’ the Moon) is what inspired his interest to begin with. It wasn't until age thirteen, yet, he didn't quite start really getting into the art until his speech disability kicked in. As Myers grew …show more content…
A particular study was done to test if anger could somehow provide self-realization if such a situation when one became angry allowed it. “A sample of Americans and Russians were asked about how recent outbursts of anger had affected them (Kassinove et al., 1997). 55% claimed that getting angry had let to a positive outcome. One top of this one-third said that anger provided an insight into their own faults.” Walter realized that his speech problems weren't going to get any better so he decided to take time to develop the areas of storytelling he was good at: Reading and writing. He stopped volunteering to read in class, got into less fights which then led to the betterment his