Other words in the story used in this story to show the anger Sophie is feeling are explode, smash, and pabam. Once Sophie reaches her boiling point she releases her anger with a “red, red roar” the reader can see the word “ROAR” in all capital letters stretches across two pages again with the colors orange and red twirled together to look as if the word is on fire as it leaves Sophie’s body. The text in the story is very intriguing and in many instances takes of a life of its own especially when Sophie gets angry. The central theme of the story is how to deal with and handle anger when it happens. The point of view is from a third person narrative perspective. Although there are four characters present within the story the main focus is on Sophie with the remaining characters only having very minute supporting roles. The characters in the story are Sophie who is the main character, her sister, mother, and father. The setting takes place within Sophie’s house and also within the woods near a body of water tha t is by her home. T his book is in the picture book genre because the illustrations and the text come together to help each other tell the story. It is a story of a little girl who b eco m es very angry and runs into the woods to calm down and then returns home. When Sophie Gets Angry Really, Really Angry is written and illustrated by Molly Bang and was published in 1999.
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