Anger within RED

'If possible send me an amusing book small enough to be put in a large pocket. That is to say smaller than a Prayer-book and much smaller than a Hymn Book and much larger than a Thumb Dictionary. The more full of senseless gossip your letters are the more I like them but I like them all of whatever kind, and I appreciate their variety. Which is infinite. I have just thrown out of the window Arnold Bennett's book called Edwin and Angelina or words to that effect. I have read bits of it.' (Baring RED)

This post on Reading Experience Database is quite interesting. It expresses anger but in a format that is a bit sneaky. The reader isn't very revealing with their anger and they wait until the last sentence to indicate that there was anything wrong. 

Anger here is shown through the frustration and specificity of book sizes. This reader is extremely specific about what kind of book they would enjoy reading and also the size of the book. It is strange that they would feel so partial to a particular subject but I suppose to each his own. This person speaks about how they enjoy gossip and letters which indicates that they are fueled by frivolous and scandalous information. Along with that, they are fueled by whatever pleases them. It seems that this individual is a bit selfish, to be honest.

I wasn't sure how anger was incorporated into this when I first began reading. I believe that the anger is shown when the reader declares, "I have just thrown out of the window Arnold Bennett's book." This shows that they are fueled by even the smallest of issues. It seems silly to throw a book out of the window but this is what triggers that individual. Anger can stem from many different emotions and this individual is simply fueled by pure dislike. Small frustrations can spark any angry emotion. And this passage truly conveys that.

It is also interesting that the last sentence of the passage is, "I read bits of it." The man did not even engage in the entirety of the book and yet he still threw it out of the window. Anger is a funny thing in that an individual cannot shake it. Once there is anger, it is very difficult to shake that feeling. Due to the fact that this individual did not like a few bits of this book, the fire of anger is there to stay. The only way to release that anger is by throwing the book out of the window, which is a literal outlet for the anger. 

The Mind and its Many Wonders

"It is the latter pole which embraces such phenomena as contemplation, daydreams, fantasies and free associative thinking, that has been the focus of attention within traditional narratology." (Palmer 88)

Can the mind really be considered "functional" if it works within such a broad range of feeling and emotion?

It is very interesting that at the same time, our minds can be the most helpful object and the largest distraction at times. The quote above really, really interested me because the different ideas that the mind can provoke is extremely interesting. Daydreaming is an extremely dangerous thing for the mind because it can create problems within productivity.

Contemplation is an interesting idea as well. This can lead to an idea of productivity, but it can also force an individuals to run circles around in their own head. Contemplation can mean thinking of a way to start a project or it can also mean, thinking about life and other things in general. There is such a broad spectrum that the mind can reach out to and there are so many possibilities. Is it really functional if you are never allowed to turn your mind off.

Free associative thinking can become dangerous because there are constant connections and associations made between ideas. One thing leads to the next and there is a never-ending pathway of thought within the mind. There are too many ideas running around.

Such phenomena as these ideas can really just lead to too many ideas and emotions. Although this might be functional for some, it only works if one really and truly knows how to control their thoughts and emotions.

"It is a basic, operational, working assumption of cognitive scientists that the mind is an information processing device." (Palmer 89)

Within the article, it changes to state the brain is a cognitive device (which obviously it is) but there is an idea of control and informational ideals held within the brain. Therefore, there are two elements to the mind which stimulates different sides of personality. There is the control central idea but there is also the free thinking creativity that is stimulated as well. These ideas come together to create the mind as one. So although the brain is supposed to be functional, I don't think that there can be one definition of functionality within the brain because it can do so many different things for a human.