A Poison Tree | Themes
The Cultivation of Anger
The principal theme of "A Poison Tree" is not anger itself but how the suppression of anger leads to the cultivation of anger. Burying anger rather than exposing it and acknowledging it, according to "A Poison Tree," turns anger into a seed that will germinate. Through the cultivation of that seed, which is nourished by the energy of the angry person, wrath grows into a mighty and destructive force.
The Wrathfulness of the Old Testament God
An implicit theme of "A Poison Tree" is that the god of the Old Testament is a god...
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