The Executioner's Song

Anger is a very powerful emotion. Anger generates hostility and a loss of control. It can tear into a person’s heart and ruin them. We see this in Norman Mailer’s book The Executioner’s Song. The main character, Gary Gilmore, demonstrates so much anger that his blind rage leads to murder. There are many sources of anger that lead Gary to commit the violent murders that he has. We see that Gary has …

…see that there are two very good reasons for the abnormal amount of violence that Gary exhibits. However, I believe that the reason for his anger and aggression is not due to his family and background, but due to the fact that prison is such a brutal environment to endure for such a long time. I think that it is fair to say that anyone’s personality could change from a lamb to a lion