Fear In 2BRO2B
Fear can’t be avoided, it is inevitable, it’s the main reason for human survival, the fact that people get scared. Fear, although people try and avoid it is unavoidable, there is always something new that can evoke fear in some people. Fear is both irrational and rational and can change depending on the person it is affecting. This means that the fear can be one that is imaginary or one that is very much real. Fear most motivates people during times of crisis by promoting impulsivity and selfishness. Fear can be a result of many situations one might find themselves in, but how a person reacts can vary. Many fears are common, such as those of Arachnophobia, but others can be specific such as a fear of flies in tutus. Those fears would be categorized
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Most people will do whatever it takes to remove themselves from the fear inducing situation, and sometimes it can be a very selfish act. In a short story called “2BRO2B”, shows selfishness because his afraid to lose his children. In this dystopian society from every life born one had to die, this was in effect to balance out population. The husband- Wehling- was in disarray while his wife was in labor, because he could not find three people willing to die for his children. So instead, “Wehling shot Dr. Hitz dead. ‘There’s room for one-- a great big one,’he said. And then he shot Leora Duncan” (Vonnegut). This made room for two children and seconds later he commited the most selfish act, he shot himself. He was so afraid to lose his children he became a murderer, and took away innocent people's lives. And in the end he lost his children anyways because now he would never be able to meet them. Like Wehling there were others that were being selfish in a time of fear. Tom Leonard, in the article “'It Looked like They Were Blinded by Smoke... They Just Walked to the Edge and Fell out.' Victims Who Plummeted from Twin Towers,” talked about people called jumpers, or those who chose to jump out of the building during 9/11 rather than face the fire. A husband of a jumper spoke about his wife and why she had chosen to jump, he calls her vain and how she used anti-wrinkle cream. He was convinced that she would have much rather jumped than risk burning her skin. This woman was selfish about her appearance and instead of finding another way out she chose to jump. Selfishness in these situations can lead to a much worse end than a new
Most people will do whatever it takes to remove themselves from the fear inducing situation, and sometimes it can be a very selfish act. In a short story called “2BRO2B”, shows selfishness because his afraid to lose his children. In this dystopian society from every life born one had to die, this was in effect to balance out population. The husband- Wehling- was in disarray while his wife was in labor, because he could not find three people willing to die for his children. So instead, “Wehling shot Dr. Hitz dead. ‘There’s room for one-- a great big one,’he said. And then he shot Leora Duncan” (Vonnegut). This made room for two children and seconds later he commited the most selfish act, he shot himself. He was so afraid to lose his children he became a murderer, and took away innocent people's lives. And in the end he lost his children anyways because now he would never be able to meet them. Like Wehling there were others that were being selfish in a time of fear. Tom Leonard, in the article “'It Looked like They Were Blinded by Smoke... They Just Walked to the Edge and Fell out.' Victims Who Plummeted from Twin Towers,” talked about people called jumpers, or those who chose to jump out of the building during 9/11 rather than face the fire. A husband of a jumper spoke about his wife and why she had chosen to jump, he calls her vain and how she used anti-wrinkle cream. He was convinced that she would have much rather jumped than risk burning her skin. This woman was selfish about her appearance and instead of finding another way out she chose to jump. Selfishness in these situations can lead to a much worse end than a new