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    Martin Amis uses exquisite imagery from the very beginning of his essay. The metal pictures he creates enable the reader to visualize the events of 9/11‚ and feel the same emotions as witnesses of those events. Amis also deepens the reader’s emotional experience by personifying America: “Until then America thought she was witnessing nothing more serious than the worst aviation disaster in history; now she had a sense of the fantastic vehemence raged against her.” By personifying America‚ Amis identifies

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    Things Fall Apart: Fear

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    Anon Fear is a distressing state of mind aroused by impending danger‚ evil‚ and even mental pain. The idea of fear is greater than fear itself. It is an emotion that we subconsciously create‚ it is the emotion evoked by the idea of believing illusions‚ lies and false information. Fear is what drives us to execute actions that we would never normally do‚ unrestrained from the presence of fear we act with morality‚ thought and discipline. In Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe‚ fear is evident

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    free from fear

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    Academic Form-10 PROGRAMME OF STUDY (Academic Regulation No.7.4) CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH KRISHI VISHVAVIDYALAYA PALAMPUR 1 Name of the Student Pooja Devi 2 Date of Birth 8.8.1989 3 M.Sc./M.V.Sc./Ph.D. M.Sc. 4 Admission no. Fresh 5 Date of Entry 24.07.2013 6 Department Biology and Environmental Sciences 7 Major Field Environmental Sciences 8 Minor Field(s) i) Biochemistry

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    struggle with fear. Fear is a common disease. There are two species of fear. Both are deadly to our life in the long run. We will discuss how to deal with both of them. Remember that the road to becoming braver is not easy. That is why most people do not practice it. Avoidance Fear Avoidance fear comes up when we hear something that we are unwilling to try or do. Avoidance fear manifests when the toddler refuses to hold his mother’s hand during a walk through the park. Avoidance fears limit our opportunities

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    May 29‚ 2014 Fear Motivators Does the unknowing fear of doing something push you to be the hero‚ or does it keep you chained down keeping you restrained from doing anything about it. In the novel Life of Pi‚ fear could technically be portrayed as either one. When Piscine Patel‚ better known as Pi‚ discovers his life becomes completely turned upside down after his family tries to find a better life and a new place to call home. He gradually discovers what the true meaning of fear is. After losing

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    Facing My Greatest Fear

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    Facing one’s fear takes a lot of courage. One of the fear that I’ve ever had was going to the dentist. I was afraid of the dentist‚ but I decided that being checked up and have my teeth cleaned was an important hygiene that I should do. I also thought it would be a part of good hygiene and would help me become a better person. What I didn’t realize was that facing my fear to see the dentist would also make me a more confident person. Just thinking about going to the dentist office made me feel

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    How Fear Benefits Us

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    Fear: Corruption that Aids Us Is fear just an emotion that points out the weakest areas in our life? The emphasis of fear has corrupted dreams and hopes. Some people avoid its destruction‚ but they only choose to depict the origin of its one-sided enemy. Fear is considered as a threat to our own life’s future; fear also can be considered as assistance to our opportunities. Fear has affected the most potential individuals in society. It creates negative thoughts that something bad will happen

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    seems that all fears are based on illusion and future thinking. The future is unpredictable‚ and few have the courage to go explore the unpredictable. In the story “On the Rainy River”‚ Tim O’Brien‚ which is the author of the story as well‚ receives his draft notice to fight in the Vietnam War. The war seems wrong to him‚ and the fear of the uncertainty of its outcomes determine O’Brien to resist making a decision about whether to go to war or flee. Indeed‚ the interplay between fear and foresight

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    lose the success you once had causes pain. Athletes‚ scholar‚ and a wife experience fear of failure everyday of their lives. Nora showed the fear of failure when she took a loan out to save her husband or when she told Mrs. Linde about it. Torvald also failed in this story by receiving a loan that he did not wish to have. The final failure in the story‚ Mrs. Linde and her decisions that changed her life. The fear of failure controls a person’s choices for things they do. Nora took the loan out to

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    English 99‚ CRN 31495 * Professor Lawrence * 10 April 2012 * Summary for Feel The Fear… And Do It Anyway * Susan Jeffers‚ Ph.D. * Feel The Fear… And Do It Anyway written by Susan Jeffers‚ Ph.D. has a main focus of working through fear‚ becoming more decisive and expanding comfort zones. The topics throughout the reading consists of concepts of increasing self-confidence‚ overcoming fear‚ staying optimistic through any given situation‚ living successfully in life‚ as well as gaining

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