Summary Of What Are You Afraid Of By Matthew Huston

In the articles "What Are You Afraid Of?" by Matthew Hutson and "Conquering Fear," an Ethiopian folktale, a theme that was stated by Eleanor Roosevelt is represented throughout both of these stories. The theme, which is that strength, courage, and confidence is gained by each experience in which fear is looked in the face, can be applied to the articles in many ways. An example of this can be found when the author states that Kyle, someone who was afraid of mascots, conquered his fear. The author writes that in order to conquer Kyle's fear, he had to interact with costumed characters periodically (Hutson 17). In other words, Kyle had to "look fear in the face" in order to get over his fear of costumed characters. While this article can