does fear influence one’s actions? In her speech‚ “What Fear Can Teach Us‚” Karen Thompson‚ Walker focuses on the duality of actions and fear and how fear drives actions. Walker’s argument about the duality of fear‚ how it can drive decisions and still have adverse effects‚ is illustrated in The Fall of the House of Usher as Roderick Usher goes crazy‚ buries his sister alive‚ and eventually dies. In Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher‚ Roderick Usher is driven to insanity because he fears that
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Fear Over Love Discipline‚ control‚ and authority are required for a government to thrive and in order to obtain these attributes it’s important to instill fear into the citizens. In 1984‚ a dystopian novel by George Orwell‚ the inner party has absolute control over the society and they use the fear of punishment to manipulate their people. As the novel progresses‚ Winston‚ the main character‚ starts to rebel‚ but because of the control and power that the party has obtained‚ they are able to
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Student Name Teacher English 10H Period 3 14 December 2012 KKK:Evidence of Fear Behind Hate "We promise to protect the weak‚ the innocent‚ and the defenseless from the indignities‚ wrongs‚ and outrages of the lawless‚the violent‚ and the brutal; to relieve the injured and the oppressed; to succor the suffering and unfortunate‚ and especially the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers" -Oath of the Ku Klux Klan Since the 1860s‚ white Southerners have always held a higher status than African
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displayed throughout his entire memoire was fear. This memoire exemplifies the most disturbing of fears experienced by the victims during the Holocaust: Fear of the certainty of losing each other was indefinite‚ as was fear of pain experienced‚ and lastly fear of death. Although fear of pain and death were always existent‚ the captives of these work camps were always fearful of losing friends and family. Even before Elie and his family entered the work camps‚ fear of losing each other was apparent‚
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Fear is All Controlling There are two types of leaders: one who makes the right choice and one who chooses the popular decision of the people even though it might not be the right choice. Rosalynn Carter expresses this idea perfectly by quoting‚ “A leader takes the people where they want to go. A great leader takes the people where they don’t necessarily want to go‚ but ought to be.” In Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph is the great leader while Jack is just another leader. Throughout the book‚ Ralph leads
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Cultural Globalization: Fear of the Unknown Cultural globalization is a term often used to describe the influence of one national culture on another. This is perhaps more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else in the world. Although America is often viewed as the villain with regard to globalization‚ it is clear by the diversity of cultural groups in America‚ that this nation is also the recipient of global culture. With such a diverse cultural population it’s foreseeable to think
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ascribed race. There are two main issues in the movie the "The Color of Fear" that I will discuss. These two issues include grouping people of color on the basis of the way one looks‚ and the attitudes of different races towards one another. Including also the idea that the white "do-gooder" feels that subconsciously racism is being taken care of‚ when in all reality it isn’t. The eight men in The Color of Fear candidly discussed racism not only as "whites oppressing blacks‚" but also the
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much less power than the gangs and cartels do. People are scared to talk‚ the cartels are much more powerful then the police and people can’t take the chance of being killed by the cartel. “Fear prevents many cases from being solved because investigators hesitate to dig too deeply and witnesses refuse to talk” (“Fear Gets in the Way”). Obama recently sent drones over Mexico to try
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In his article‚ “In South Sudan‚ City of Hope is Now City of Fear‚” Jeffrey Gentlemen expounds upon the idea that leading politicians “manipulate” and “exploit” ethnic divisions. Reporting a first hand account of Diu Tut‚ a member from the Nuer tribe‚ Gentleman exemplifies the South Sudanese citizens’ fears of death from government forces. In his story‚ Tut explains his fear of exiting a South Sudanese displacement camp because of his Neur background‚ a heritage that
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He who fears something‚ gives it power over him. When fear grows and begins to control all your thoughts and feelings‚ it can cause physical and emotional changes in a person. This could alter the kindest people‚ which can result in horrible situations to occur. Forced to rely on each other‚ fear alters the boys in Lord of the Flies normal attitude of civilization. Savagery caused by loss of civilization‚ and false maturity amongst the boys‚ is blamed by their fears of the unknown. Fear is an
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