Spanish-influenza pandemic outbreak during the year 1918 that caused the lives of 50 million people. However‚ despite all the deaths it brought about‚ there was no panic. It said that if that kind of outbreak were to occur now‚ it would trigger so much unwanted fright from the public that it would propagate throughout millions of people all across the globe to cause a “complete societal breakdown” just because of such a massive variety of resources the public could use to expand the news through today’s colossal
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Charlie grew up with the knowledge that his Aunty Helen was the most incredible person he knew but in reality‚ Charlie had repressed the traumatizing memories of her out of confusion‚ pain and fright. Charlie was unwilling to revive the memory but his friend Sam that he connects with through out his freshman year helps him realize the pain. To be molested as a child is horrific but the fact that a family member took on such an action disgusted
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a play was my last. I got in a role in seventh grade‚ I was playing the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella”. Since I never had that much acting experience‚ barely even one year of theatre. I also haven’t had much experience with a thing called “stage fright”. Surprisingly‚ it didn’t even occur to me during rehearsals. Mostly because there was an audience of one‚ Mrs.Green. Even when it was working its way up to opening night‚ I felt confident. Which should
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Gustave Doré is a prime example of the type of images Dante tried to depict while writing “Dante’s inferno.” Dante wanted the emotion of the story to be dark and not at all bright or cheerful. When I view William Blake’s drawings I don’t feel frightened‚ petrified or even scared. He constructed his pictures in a bright cheerful and that takes away the feeling that Dante tried to create. I feel if William Blake didn’t fill his pictures with color and darkened up his sky‚ the pictures would have the
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Scott Summey Kasell 1st Terrifying Telescreens "War is Peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." 1984 is a novel used as a warning to show what would happen to citizens if governments gained too much power. The Party uses different techniques to control every facet of life of the its citizens‚ or slaves. The citizens are much too afraid to revolt against the tyrannical government‚ because of the constant eye of the Party. The telescreens are used by the Party to instill
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Although a titled man‚ Okonkwo has no more control of his beloved village and culture. He knows that there was "fright in [the] tumult" (151) of the people‚ and knows that he would not be in control of his life much longer. Okonkwo senses the crumbling of the community’s rigid traditional structure and strict values‚ and thus attempts to escape the faithless world
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Flags Great America. I kept wiping my forehead. When the Superman roller coaster past over our heads my eyes popped out in amazement. The line moved forward. When finally it was our turn to get on the scariest ride ever‚ I jumped back and gasped in fright. It was my first time riding superman‚ and I was jumping around everywhere in excitement. This was probably the most terrifying ride I had been on. My dad exclaimed‚ “ You’ll be fine.” I said‚ “No‚ I won’t!” In my head I thought I would fall
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this is the moral of his poem. The doctor is death himself. Because the doctor brings the boy into the "dark of ether‚" the boy begins to see "the light" and slowly fades into non-existence. The boy has given up all will to live. The watcher gains fright‚ but the family understands that there is still dinner to have and life to live. It is a tragedy‚ but life lives on. The family’s compassion does exist‚ but is just overburdened by
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goodness Merissa is that Charlie and Sterling. So we started screaming with excitement ‚and we ran‚ my brother gave us the quiet sign then we sneak in our house while our mom was cooking my brother tapped my mom on the shoulder she jumped with a fright and started crying when she saw my brother she gave him a hug and kiss. That day I and Merissa stayed home. The next day we all went out for lunch and to the movies. My mother was shocked to see her son home she said it felt like a dream. While they
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uncertainty of what events taking place‚ Poe frightens the readers by having the odd things happen to the narrator‚" The silken‚ sad‚ uncertainty rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me filled‚ with fantastic terrors never felt before "(13-14) caused a fright for the readers‚ confusing since the curtains couldn’t have been fluttered due to the window being closed. Poe uses diction to let the readers have an idea of what the narrator going through. The narrator in the story is in a deep pain‚ regret‚
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