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    Fear In The Alchemist

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    Fear is an emotion that negatively influences people to shy away from their plans. In both the novels‚ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Room by Emma Donoghue‚ the heroes are overcome by fear of loss and fear of the future‚ but conquering their fears enables them to take the first steps to accomplishing their dreams. To begin with‚ the fear of losing beloved things or individuals‚ presents themselves with dilemmas that influence the continuation of their journey and that they will solely bypass

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    Fear of Death

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    Fear of Death Could I possibly die tomorrow? In a week? Or do I still have many years ahead of me? These are some questions many people often ask themselves. The fear of death affects many individuals‚ but it certainly didn’t affect a philosopher by the name of Socrates. He argued that death is not to be feared and personally I both agree and disagree with him. Death‚ it surrounds us‚ it could be waiting for us at any corner‚ whether it is a car swerving out of control‚ a heart attack‚ or a nasty

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    No Fear Shakespeare

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    about book No Fear Shakespeare. The teachers are doing question thing when they keep a supplementary text with the original. Yes‚ 15th century Elizabethan era is a tad difficult to understand‚ but that is one of the beauties of Shakespeare. No Fear has a good translation but is missing a few key elements such as symbolism‚ poetry‚ allusions‚ and other literary techniques. I think the original version is much better than the translated version because it has more appeal. No Fear Shakespeare is

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    Conflict

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    Conflict Hearing the word “conflict” does not always arouse the most positive feelings. It brings uneasiness‚ and‚ in some cases fear. But‚ in literature‚ conflict is a necessary ingredient to a well formed story. The tension and uncertainty of conflict engulfs the reader making them more interested in the outcome. In Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure‚” the teenager struggles in her adolescent life to find her identity‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” Louise wrestles with her own emotions‚ and finally

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    Fear of the Unknown

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    Jennifer Haynes Anthony Priest English 210 September 26‚ 2012 Fear is a powerful and psychological entity. Fear can make us rise to an occasion or crumble under its mighty psychosis. Fear can arise anywhere. It can come from the known and unknown. Fear can show the strong they are weak and it can show the weak they are strong. A person can learn from fear‚ as I have learned from being afraid. The first day attending a new school is scary to most young children. They know no one and usually

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    Fear and Mick

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    story are fear‚ revenge and love. Through the whole story Marjorie fears the world‚ other people and especially Mick. The fear controls her life and makes her stay inside her apartment most of the time. At the end of the story Marjorie does no longer fear Mick and that gives her an opportunity to take revenge on him with help from her fish. After taking revenge on Mick she feels satisfied. The person who caused further fear to her life is now eliminated. She is now able to continue doing what she loves

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    Okonkwo's Fear

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    Fear has the strength to empower or to destroy. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Okonkwo’s life is ruled by fear. In the Igbo society social status is very important. Since Okonkwo’s father‚ Unoka was not viewed very highly‚ Okonkwo wanted to do all he could to build himself up‚ and earn titles. He also does not just worry about himself‚ he worries about his some Nwoye’s future. Nwoye is actually a lot like Unoka‚ and Okonkwo fears that Nwoye will not live up to the legacy that he has built

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    Fear of Abandonment

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    went though losing many people that seemed important to her. She felt as if they were all just abandoning her. This feeling and living in constant fear of people abandoning her stuck with her for a long time into her life. She always anticipates that someone would decide its time to leave and push her to the side and move on with their lives. The fear of abandonment is caused by childhood incidents that relate to the feeling of abandonment or loss. No child would want to be alone. We all wanted

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    Fear and Anxiety

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    Essay Drafting Although they both can relate to each other‚ there is a major difference between fear and anxiety. Both actions can happen to adults and adolescents at anytime. Either or can cause harm to one because of catching an anxiety attack from being highly afraid of something. They may also be very rewarding‚ do to knowing right from wrong. There are five different types of anxiety which include‚ panic disorder‚ Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ post-traumatic stress disorder‚

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    Fear and Foresight

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    Fear and foresight have a major impact in many of our life altering choices when provided with time to think the decision through. Before making life-altering decisions there is the foresight component‚ in which we make predictions about what the result of our decision will be‚ and the fear part of it‚ in which we make predictions about all of the negative results that could come from making a major decision. It is essentially weighing the risks involved as well as the potential rewards that could

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