Fear Factor

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 fears will cause her harm, and even the show’s technical choices such as lighting intensifies emotions to the fear of violence. The very beginning of “Thirsty Bird” begins with Piper mentally punishing herself for…

of narration and begins when the narrator is on their way to the ‘journey to human heart’ exhibit. On the journey, the narrator overlooks a situation of a teacher, Ms. Aitcheson, attempting to overcome her fear of snakes. The turning point occurs when the teacher is unable to overcome her fear and concludes with the narrator deciding to visit the exhibit another time. The narrator describes the observation between Ms. Aitcheson and the snake with little background knowledge and postulates the…

“Fear is an extraordinary thing. Most of us are afraid of something or another. Fear creates illusion; fear makes us suspicious, arrogant; fear makes us seek all kinds of refuge…” (The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1962-1963): A Psychological Revolution). Fear drives people to search for sanctuary, causes them to yearn for an interlude of peace. In Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence of Owl Creek Bridge”, fear of an imminent death warps time and reality, providing a false sense of hope as a…

because of it, including how Ray is perceived as a ‘wrecker’. In the body paragraph two, the setting, regarded how Ben raised in the suburbs and being confronted with the wilderness and nature is one of Ben’s greatest fears. In addition, it stated his survival and confronting his fears. The final paragraph remarked, apropos of the knowledge regarding his Pop being a criminal, which led Ben to become more conscious of his actions and the possibilities of him becoming a criminal as well. Have you…

discovering something interesting. At this point, he hasn’t realized the fear of the painting. Then he realizes the painting is changing, and treated it as an awful thing. He tries to discard it in the service, and “His legs felt trembly and untrustworthy, but they seemed to support him all right.” He finds the misfortune from the painting, and treated it as an awful thing. When this terrible thing happens to him, he feels fear, which is why his legs trembles, but he can still try to solve it.…

to protect oneself against harm. However, in the handout "From Police Brutality," reader's come across a character who is seemingly "used" to being in a position of fear. The amount of fear that a person feels when faced with the danger of losing their life, is too immense to be put into words. The Merriam dictionary simply defines fear as "an unpleasant emotion caused by being aware of danger." So, to say that John feared for his life would clearly be a great understatement. During the time…

“There was so much to do that I hardly knew where to start.” Ch.16 (pg. 116 Taylor) He became more determined to finish what Timothy had started and knew that he could not be afraid to be alone. He states, “It was my blindness was protecting me from fear.” Ch.16 (pg. 114 Taylor) The change of character from the beginning of being fearful to now being determined shows how the actions of Phillip changed throughout the…

Horror is quite the popular genre. But why? Stephen King answers this question in his essay, “Why we Crave Horror.” He claims that we go to show that we aren't afraid, to re-establish normality, and to have fun. He argues that it acts as a catharsis for anticivilization emotions that are still present in the human condition. While many may believe the horror genre is unenjoyable, King’s ideas are still accurate because primitive, anticivilization emotions that need to be fed, still exist within…

In the world, there are lots of people who are bystanders and there are people who are morally courageous. “Should I help, or should I just walk away?” Everyone has had this question cross their mind at least once. How someone reacts to situations determines if they are a morally courageous people or a bystander. Some people stand up and respond to crisis situations, while others remain bystanders because the people who stand up belive that it is wrong and they want to help and the people are…

The use of Intonation helps to convey the fear in the character’s voice by showing instability caused by her fear. My Intonation fell on the word ‘forget’ (line 13) and expressed wavering of the character’s voice as she is fearful of her situation. In addition to intonation I also used the feature of raised pitch. This fell naturally…