The Stone Angel, an essay about anger and disappointment

        Anger and disappointment can be a source of many things. Hagar's anger and disappointment can be seen from her guilt and her criminal ways. Through Hagar's guilt she feels anger for what she did and disappointment for what could have been.         In the first paragraph of the book when she is telling about the stone angel on her mother's grave she states, 'I wonder if she stands there yet, in memory of her who relinquished …

…she can do it better. Hagar insists that she hold the glass herself. She holds it in her hands with pride. And then-         During Hagar's last days she realizes her mistake in life. This is when she is the angriest at herself. She realizes that she could have led a fuller life if she wasn't worried about proper appearances. Even though she realizes how she acts, she still acts this way until her last breath.