Claustrophobia

The Poet’s Revelation Countless of people have a constant fear of the limitations of life and not being able to reach their maximum potential because the thought of dying dictates them. And in John Keats’s English sonnet, When I Have Fears, he expresses the anxiety of not having time to reach the pinnacle of his writing career and not being able to experience love. However, Keats also remarks the human insignificance with time and it enables for him to cease from the fear that seems to have a…

Fearnot-Narrative Fear can ruin your life. Fear is just a mentality. Fear can mean different things to people, it can be the difference between someone not exactly loving spiders, and not hating them and someone having a meltdown every time they see a spider. For some people, a fear can be so stressful and life-crippling that they’ll try anything in their power to avoid their fear even if it means staying at home for days at a time. Fear has the power to prevent people from experiencing the…

What do monsters, and the 1930s have in common? Fear. Fear is an unpleasant motion that can be caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous or evil. Film makers and story tellers, during times of great fear, love to introduce that certain fear into their ideas to make the movie and/or book even scarier. Fear has changed over many decades. For example, in today’s current, film World War Z depicts a virus that makes humans into monsters. This fear is that viruses will lead to the…

Making Connections: The Crucible and A Simple Plan Text to text Text to self Text to world Common theme: Through the development of different characters in both novels the authors reveal how greed eventually results in problems. When I was younger my older sister would always mess with me by telling me that my toys had monsters inside them. When she wanted to take one of my toys she would tell me that it was actually an evil monster which would scare me into not using the toy anymore. She knew…

I Believe in Facing Your Fears I believe in facing your fears. I have always considered myself a fairly brave individual. I can hold a snake without flinching, climb to the tops of tall buildings, and sleep with the lights off after a scary movie. Yet, there was one thing that at the ripe young age of thirteen absolutely terrified me, and that was airplanes. As a child I heard many horror stories of catastrophic plane hijackings and crashes. It scared me to think that so many things could go…

Girls are Supposed to Take Risk Do you think male are stronger than female? The study shows that most people think answer is “yes”. Why people think that? I think the most important reason is from our ancestors. Thousands years ago, people thought that men should be stronger to find food and resist enemy to keep racial reproduction and women should take care of children and cook meals for men. If the tribe wants to have a chance of survival, the male should be much stronger than other…

A Closer Look into the Duality of Fear Fear is one of the most powerful emotions that we experience. Although we are scared of many things, the underlying cause of all fear is our own imagination. In examining The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol, the reader is forced to rethink their fears and take a deeper look into human tendencies. Fear is a complex and uncomfortable topic because it reveals very personal weaknesses and the inner workings of our minds. The stories of Gogol…

Schellpfeffer 1 Ryan Schellpfeffer Mr. Pardee English 11 10 May, 2016 Abandonment in Death of a Salesman In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, one of the main characters named Willy lives in deep fear of abandonment in his life. Willy wants his family to embrace and practice the ideas of the “American Dream” because that is how he wants to live his life. Still, however he is fearful that his family might get up and leave him out of disgrace or non acceptance. As Willy’s father…

The medal of honor has been presented 3,515 times to people who have shown great acts of courage. Courage is used by many individuals and in the TEDTalk, "Living with Courage: Embracing Fear to Follow Your Heart," Kelley Kalafatich talks about how she relates to Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” Courage is when you are able to take your fears head on and face them. Being courageous…

Most forms of media typically attempt to subtly or obviously convey emotions and thoughts to an audience through various characteristics of the piece, such as form, to highlight an important aspect that may alter the audience’s viewing. In season two, episode one “Thirsty Bird,” Orange is the New Black displays the fear of violence in a prison setting through Piper’s dialogue and with the way she handles herself mentally when she believes she has hurt someone, with her relationships that she…