Narrative Essay
Anger Management
I hear some people say that they got so angry they lost control and didnt know what they
were doing. I often wondered what that must be like. I, being a very passive person, have
never lost control when Ive become angered. Ive always had total awareness of my
situation. In the movie Anger Management, Jack Nicholson so nicely stated: Your temper
is the one thing you cant get rid of by losing
it Ive probably come close at times, but never gone over the edge to uncontrollable rage. I
remember there was one time it came close.
It happened one late Sunday afternoon. My friend Dan and I were sitting in his car
patiently waiting for the next availably gas pump. It was hot, really hot! The temperature
was still over the century mark. The way the sun was beating down on us reminded me of
when I was a young boy using my magnifying glass on helpless crawling insects. I was
dripping wet with sweat and every part of my body ached. I was so exhausted from the
work we did this weekend I could hardly move.
A gentleman motioned to us that he had finished and was going to leave. Dan got the pump
number and went into the store to pay for the gas. As the car pulled away I began to pull
Dans car up to the pump when all of a sudden, this van come screeching around from the
opposite direction, trying to get to the pump before me. I stepped on it and the driver of the
