Fear mongering

wouldn’t fall. I then realized that I was doing it, I was riding my bike all by myself. “ Im doing it” I exclaimed, I looked back at my dad and saw the biggest smile on his face. I knew I had made him proud. It was at that moment that I had overcome my fear of falling off my bike and learned how to ride it without my training wheels. A few days ago I went on a bike ride with my dad and it had brought all the memories back. When I look back at my childhood one of the most memorable experiences…

Courage is defined as the ability to do something that frightens one. It is also strength in the face of pain or grief. Several characters in To Kill A Mockingbird serve as examples of courage or lack thereof. In particular, Miss Maudie Atkinson is a courageous minor character. Contrastingly, the minor character Mayella Ewell displays a lack of courage and bravery, while Jem Finch is a major character who exemplifies courage. Miss Maudie is courageous because of her unwillingness to act like so…

From Spectator to Participant: Point of View Shots from Halloween and The Blair Witch Project John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s The Blair Witch Project (1999) are both films that use first-person point-of-view shots in different ways to cause discomfort in the viewer. By showing us the perspective of the killer in Halloween and by encouraging the audience to embody the characters of The Blair Witch Project, these films use camerawork to further the…

This is a novel about the consequences of taking risks and following your dreams when they are not thought through. People often take risks, not planning properly, which can possibly lead to the death of an individual. Jon Krakauer illustrates the consequences of not being prepared, taking a risk, and ultimately dying for a dream. In the novel, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer depicts Chris McCandless as an unprepared, vulnerable individual, who shuts himself off from the outside world, eventually…

with harrowing emotions but also dealing with them and overcoming a new battle everyday. From the moment I wake up I am overwhelmed by my anxiety and depression. My anxiety is this constant fear of something I am unaware I fear so much. It can be brought upon by uncomfortable social activities, paranoia, the fear of unknown outcomes, and sometimes the depression causes it. They feed off of eachother. The feeling of uselessness occurs after having panic attacks or having paranoia. The sadness…

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…

Horror fiction films are designed and created to bring fear and panic to it’s viewers and get a physiological response. These types of movies are created to depict the more darker sides of life in a form that still entertains its viewers. They are meant to be nothing other than scary. Horror films have been typically “off-limits” to children because of the contents within it. Now, horror films from the early twentieth century have adapted to become suitable for younger children. But how has the…

The fear of letting ourselves or others down is a constant weight for many. Right now, there are many people who fall victim of changing themselves so that they may fit the norm of society. When doing so lack control and responsibility of our own lives occurs. The struggle of control in our lives or others is something we are often faced with. Although we may wish to be responsible for others, we must be diligent of how and when to control their choices. It is obvious that with determination, it…

You sit down to read a book to let your imagination go and you realize that the story you are reading is bringing back memories instead. Every story has different impressions on each individual reader depending on the reader’s experiences. In reading Sherman Alexie’s fictional memoir War Dances it brought back memories, anxieties, and disappointments that created mixed emotions within me. A part in the story that brought back a memory is when Alexie describes a scene between the narrator and…

It was like an angel and a devil meet and battle inside my brain. “Don’t try to change yourself, you will look like a fool. Stay still and everything will be fine,” said the demon, his voice was shaking, full of fear. “Hey! Don’t be afraid to change just because you are scared that you might fail. Everyone fails! Just put yourself out there and you will succeed,” angel spoke softly, like a mother. “Don’t trust her! Look, Han, it’s going to be painful. Don’t take…