Power of Emotions

Power of Emotion
Emotion is an individual’s feelings that can be represented by facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language. In the short story “The Moose and the Sparrow”, the author Hugh Garner communicates the idea of Moose Madden’s inability to control his emotions has led to his death, by describing specific events incisively throughout the story. He suggests that violence and serious consequences can be easily caused by unchecked emotions. Hot temper, sensitiveness and vulnerability can usually lead an individual lose control on his emotions, which could subsequently cause one’s actions become unreasonable and outrageous, eventually result in regrettable outcome. Personally, when I encounter situations where I tend to lose control of my temper, I often try to think about the results that my actions might lead to progressively. However, there were also times that others around me could not package their emotions together during their interactions with me.
Extreme actions and violence can be the first resort for solving problems, when one’s emotions takes over his ability to make rational and logically decisions. The antagonist Madden Moose in the story is a perfect example of such. In the logging camp, Cecil is forced to do the hardest labour work; his gets obstacles put in front of him deliberately; even worse, his hand is burned intentionally by Madden Moose, due to his jealousy of Cecil’s intelligence and ingenuity. Madden Moose sees the personal attributes displayed from Cecil are very desirable, because he dropped off from school in grade four, and he craves to gain some knowledge and personal skills behind his firm body figure. However, the continuation of bullying does not do Madden Moose any good, at the end, Madden Moose’s actions and jealousy has lead to his death.
During my interactions with others, I usually be more careful to not lose my temper at any situation, because actions that are only driven by emotions instead of rational