I want to write my first blog post on the article Elycae Rae Helford's "'My Emotions Give Me Power': The Containment of Girls' Anger in Buffy".
In the article, Ms. Helford often speaks about how Buffy is quite angry, and in the sign of having to harness this anger often diffuses it with her humor. During the episode we watched in class, I didn't see any signs of this behavior, and I have also never seem Buffy the Vampire Slayer before, so my view may be one-sided on the matter.
During the episode, it felt as if Buffy wasn't channeling anger and diffusing it with humor. On the contrary, when her boyfriend (the vamp) broke up with her, she sulked in a corner and was pissed at everyone. She latter channeled this into a positive motivation to give everyone a good night.
Additionally, Ms. Helford seems to think that Buffy has anger because she is a social outcast. This is incredibly far from the truth, as I believe it. Instead she is angry that she is locked into a destiny that she cannot get away from. She is forced to kill, which, no matter how evil the source, killing has a traumatic experience on humans. Buffy is quite similar to the story Graceling in this aspect.
