Men+and+Anger

Anger.

Q1) Why do the women feel safe as long as their men are angry? "After a while the faces of the watching men lost their bemused perplexity and became hard and angry and resistant, Then the women knew they were safe and that there was no break." (Pg.6, Chpt.1)

The women are looking to see if their men still have the will to go on. It is anger that drives them to continue, and without it the men, who are seen as the leaders of the group, lose their ability to lead and give up hope.

Q2) What does that anger represent? "The women studied the men's faces serenely, for the corn could go, as long as something else remained." (Pg.6 Chpt.1)

Anger has it's roots in fear, as it is the men's fear of losing their family that drives them to continue. The main difference between fear and anger is that anger gives the men the strength to continue trying; to replant their crops and re-dig their wells.

Q3) What happens when the men are no longer angry? Surrender is the effect (or cause) when the men are no longer angry. Anger is the reaction to fight. Anger disappears when the men realize that fighting is futile and that there is no hope left to control the situation. They are now at the mercy of circumstance, and are broken.