Fear and Trembling

Period 7 4 September 2017 Chaotically Misguided Fear Fear is an inherent response to dangerous or unpleasant situations. However, over time, fear has warped into a harmful and ineffective emotion. Instead of fearing actual dangers, such as car accidents while driving or injuries using knives or machines, people fear items that are not threats, such as public speaking, and uncertainties such as spies in their country. Their reactions to these fears are also extreme or misguided. These issues have…

apart of the elite team of scarers. Although the scarers wreak terror, we recognize the monsters’ fears when a little girl, Boo, enters the extraterrestrial world. Although the story is about changing tradition and love, it reveals the intimate relationship between fear and the individual. Moving away from fuzzy blue monsters and green spheres with legs, monsters still serve as an indication for the fears of specific time periods. Set somewhere between the 5th and 6th century, Beowulf,…

Which involves discomfort around social integrations, concerns and worries about being disliked or judged by others. Barry shows obvious fear and avoidance behaviors while being a part of social interactions. That led to him being alone for almost his entire life. Moreover, DSM-5 also shows social anxiety can lead to isolations, and either absence of development or stagnation of social skills…

The monologue that I wrote and performed was inspired by two different poems both possessing the theme of anxiety. The first poem was by Patrick Roche The Perfect Panic Attack and the second Social Anxiety Disorder by Sabrina Leira. In the first poem Patrick goes through instructions on how to have the perfect panic attack and recounts different features that would be included when someone does have a panic attack. ‘Find a trigger. A job interview, the claustrophobia of mass transit, deciding…

Many individuals believe that the storylines in movies and books such as Divergent or The Purge where things are very twisted in the world could never actually happen, but thinking more deeply about The Hunger Games, the idea does not seem so far-fetched. Although the morphed idea of society in this movie seems beyond unrealistic, some things tend to be more related to our world than people may think. Every day, people talk about the struggles of our country and the way we function as a whole.…

idea, so I decided to do a more abstract take on the poem. This led me to the notion that imitating the poem would be much easier and much more effective if it was personally relatable. Fear defines who we are. And for the world, one of the greatest fears shared between many individuals, including myself, is the fear of public speaking. This is why I chose anxiety as my topic. Due to the nature of the…

“Fuck-dumb-stupid-shit-hahahahaha.” The mumbling and snickering of an insanely, unstable, and sinister mental health patient is the most hair-raising sound a person could hear. Especially if it’s from a patient with an immensely depraved background that they need to be entwined in a strait jacket and tangling chains following their ankles and neck. “Georgie, do-do-do-don’t say that in public hahahaha, somebody might hear us,” jerked and giggled Vladyslav. Vladyslav Vegor, a patient at…

Hautman wrote, “Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous-they contain ideas” Have you ever thought of a book that just brought you to tears or left you hopeless. Not all books are bad for you, they can help show emotions and ideas. Many people believe that books should be banned in some schools for their references to murder, adultery, and incest. For example, people would believe that “The Invisible Man” and “Call of the Wild” should be banned because of blood and inappropriate…

Literary Analysis Death is inevitable. Some people fear it, others hope it comes soon. As for the author Sylvia Plath and the character Huckleberry Finn, their stances differ. The story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, portrays the main character, Huck, as terrified of death. While Sylvia Plath’s poem “I am Vertical” shows Sylvia as a person who is very intrigued by death. Sylvia Plath comes off as someone who would rather be dead than alive because she thinks it may be more…

‘And How Long?’ and ‘Death Alone’ present the emotion of accepting mortality. He interprets this idea of loss and hopelessness through tone, expressing his frustration of life and being alone. Letting us understand the limitations of human beings and the inevitability of death. Neruda expresses his curiosity and impacts of surroundings, which leads him to the idea of hope in death. This highlights the overall acceptance of mortality and the hope and desire it brings. In ‘Death Alone’, the…