Analytical Essay: The Connection Between Fear And Identity
The Connection between Fear and Identity
Byron Katie, an American author, once said, “fear is always a case of mistaken identity?”, and she, despite her aura of confidence, could not be more incorrect. Fear, which is a feeling of concerning the outcome of something or the safety of someone, is not a mistaken identity, but instead creates and destroys identities. Dr. Douglas LaBier, a psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer theorizes that fear, especially social fear, motivates everyday people to create identities that are simply shields to protect themselves, while inadvertently killing themselves. On the other hand, Dr. Raymond Lloyd Richmond, an expert in clinical psychology and a psychologist, proposes that fear exposes people for who …show more content…
Accordingly, Gene frequently changes his identity throughout the novel, and some of his identities crack under the pressure, allowing the true Gene to shine through like a vibrant diamond once covered by coal. Finny, on the other hand, is confronted with the bleakness of the war era, and afraid of succumbing to the tension of the times, he creates an identity which alleviates the anxiety surrounding him, while slowly killing his true identity.
A Rubik’s cube has one solution, when all of the colors match on each side, meaning one side is entirely blue, one entirely, red, one entirely white, and so on, but often times it becomes too difficult to find the answer to a Rubik’s cube and you just give up. A Rubik’s cube is, in essence Gene’s identity, because Gene continues to turn the dials, but is never able to find his true identity, or the solution to the Rubik’s cube. The exception is when Gene becomes afraid, and in that scenario it is similar to someone telling you how to solve the Rubik’s cube and the answer being momentarily revealed, until you shuffle the cube and try again. One example of this is Brinker’s first interrogation of Gene regarding Finny’s fall from the tree. Brinker and the child court begins to accuse Gene of
Byron Katie, an American author, once said, “fear is always a case of mistaken identity?”, and she, despite her aura of confidence, could not be more incorrect. Fear, which is a feeling of concerning the outcome of something or the safety of someone, is not a mistaken identity, but instead creates and destroys identities. Dr. Douglas LaBier, a psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer theorizes that fear, especially social fear, motivates everyday people to create identities that are simply shields to protect themselves, while inadvertently killing themselves. On the other hand, Dr. Raymond Lloyd Richmond, an expert in clinical psychology and a psychologist, proposes that fear exposes people for who …show more content…
Accordingly, Gene frequently changes his identity throughout the novel, and some of his identities crack under the pressure, allowing the true Gene to shine through like a vibrant diamond once covered by coal. Finny, on the other hand, is confronted with the bleakness of the war era, and afraid of succumbing to the tension of the times, he creates an identity which alleviates the anxiety surrounding him, while slowly killing his true identity.
A Rubik’s cube has one solution, when all of the colors match on each side, meaning one side is entirely blue, one entirely, red, one entirely white, and so on, but often times it becomes too difficult to find the answer to a Rubik’s cube and you just give up. A Rubik’s cube is, in essence Gene’s identity, because Gene continues to turn the dials, but is never able to find his true identity, or the solution to the Rubik’s cube. The exception is when Gene becomes afraid, and in that scenario it is similar to someone telling you how to solve the Rubik’s cube and the answer being momentarily revealed, until you shuffle the cube and try again. One example of this is Brinker’s first interrogation of Gene regarding Finny’s fall from the tree. Brinker and the child court begins to accuse Gene of