The Lurking Fear

Military deployments are never easy for anyone. It is a time of worry and fear for those going overseas as well as the ones left behind at home. Families with younger children may have a harder time as well, since the kids do not fully understand what is going on. The first stage of deployment is pre-deployment, in this time the service member receives his orders for deploying and draws their gear and gets everything in order to leave. The service member will also need to get all their…

The night before my first day of college was one of nervousness and fear. I remember laying across my bed asking myself “Is this really what I want”, “Will I be happy?”, or “What if I fail and can’t recover?” All of these thoughts ran through my head at once and it was overwhelming. The fact that I was becoming an adult and would have to make “Adult” decisions scared me to my core and in my mind I wasn’t sure if I was ready take on that type of responsibility yet. Honestly, all of that didn’t…

at a speed rivaled by a racehorse. Fear is a crippling emotion that leaders have used for centuries in order to control the masses that they rule over, ignoring the fact that the use of fear weakens the government. During the time of colonial America, the leaders of Salem intimidated the people of Salem into following their orders, similar to how McCarthy controlled America and how Kim Jong-Un has ruled over communist North Korea. Although critics argue that fear helps leaders govern, it…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” there is an apparent message sent throughout the text: Secret sin of any one person has the ability to eat away at him or her, causing an overwhelming sense of guilt that can control and overtake his or her life; but can also become a necessary evil and a positive good at the same time. The image of secret sin that captivates Parson Hooper isolates his relationships from his congregation, Elizabeth, and God. In “The Minster’s Black Veil,”…

This is an example of an anxious personality trait. Anxiety tends to stem from an unknown fear of different factors, we see this in Ph.D. David Carbonell states“With an anxiety disorder, people get afraid when they 're not in danger” (Carbonell, 2014). They could be fearing being late for an appointment or important business meeting and the time being spent waiting in line is going to cause this. Or the fear could have no reason, just the fact they have been standing in line for so many minutes.…

there is no real meaning behind it. She merely shows her teeth but feels no happiness, satisfaction or pleasure. In ‘Aubade’ the struggle against death is more of a personal one. Larkin is paranoid about death, even though he has no real reason to fear it; unlike the mother who Achebe writes about who values every day even though the threat of death is constant. Larkin’s paranoia is clear in the line ‘rented world begins to rouse‘. Here Larkin demonstrates he believes the world to be temporary,…

Olaudah Equiano references religion in the first chapter of his book where he speaks of his African tribe believing in one creator who governs events, especially death or captivity and then in chapter 2 of his book where he speaks of African brothers being separated when sold and crying out at parting, “O, ye nominal Christians! Might not an African ask you, learned you this from your God, who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men should do unto you?” 1 During his young…

1. Why do you think a class like Public Speaking is a requirement for most majors? Be specific here - your book gives several examples, however, I want you to come up with someone your own. Let me start by saying that just as reading is the key to life, I believe being able to communicate and understand knowledge through efficiently is as well the key to life. One must be able to give one’s ideas to others in the best way possible for others to understand and comprehend the information to the…

abused by my sick mother and stepfather and it marked who I’ve become today. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “all the symptoms cluster around excessive, irrational fear and dread.” My own experience dealing with this disorder makes me believe that the way I was treated as a child made me fear a lot of simple things in life since I was convinced I was not good enough or even wanted or important. Through his stury Stein suggests that early physical and sexual abuse results in…

Going to college is a major milestone in every student’s life. My transition to college started off quite emotional, I woke up on move in day and almost instantly began to cry. My parents reassured me that I was in God’s hands and he is putting me where he wants me to be. This new adventure called college has been an absolute blessing from God, but with that comes change. I have had to adapt to living in a dorm and having a roommate( social- cultural) , not getting nearly enough sleep…