She also has worked part time at a restaurant‚ while maintaining a 3.17 GPA. Destiny has many strengths‚ however I think her greatest strength is her maturity. At the beginning of the Leadership class‚ Destiny was brave enough to share her “stage fright” issues with me. In spite of her fear‚ she came to class every day and worked at chipping away at that fear of speaking in front of others. By the end of the trimester‚ it was apparent to the class and myself that Destiny had overcome her fear. When
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Throughout the play‚ persecution proves to be a direct consequence of fear. Parris wants Proctor to confess and wants everyone to convince him to confess because he fears the town and what they’ll think of him. The obsession Parris had about how the village thought of him overcame and that’s when he started pressuring the people to convince Proctor. Another character that falls into the trap of fear is the Abigail Williams. Abigail‚ a former servant to the Proctors‚ was kicked out because of the
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When Lennie was feeling Curley’s Wife’s hair‚ he said‚ “Oh‚ that’s nice!” (Steinbeck 91). Lennie truthfully had not meant to kill Curley’s wife. After Lennie had killed her‚ he was paralyzed in fear. He whispered in fright‚ “I done another bad thing…” (Steinbeck 91). This evidence shows that Lennie did not mean to murder Curley’s wife. Some may argue that George was correct to shoot Lennie because all the things he had done like with Curley’s wife‚ the
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response to increasing threat. The sequence begins with "the freeze response" - "stop‚ look‚ and listen" . Next comes an attempt to flee‚ then an attempt to fight. Finally‚ comes tonic immobility. ("playing dead"). Thus‚ "freeze‚ flight‚ fight‚ or fright" may be a more complete and nuanced alternative to "fight or flight." [6] The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis Any demand made upon the body - whether physical or emotional‚ whether from internal or external causes‚ produces a nonspecific stimulus
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tremble out of utter fear‚ for the beast was still pursuing her. Sarah took a deep breath of living restoring air‚ and submersed herself under the water. She began to swim further and further away from it‚ being very careful in coming up for air‚ out of fright of being spotted. She was in excruciating pain as numbness and exhaustion filled her almost lifeless body. She was happy however‚ for the dreadful moon had now vanished and the suns revitalising beams of light had now began to shine back upon the
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My parents are always willing to teach their four children a lesson. Most of the time they only have to teach my brothers a lesson because my sister and I are angels! That statement may not be true‚ but in my mind it is. My parents also think you’re never too old to learn new lessons‚ even to this day. Whenever I do something stupid that results in me getting hurt‚ my dad always reminds me that “education is expensive”. My dad teaches me new things all the time from how to use a level‚ how plants
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Erik Andersson ENGA01.1 Kiki Lindell Okonkwo’s inner struggle In ”Things Fall Apart” Chinua Achebe takes us to a Nigerian village at the time of the British colonization of Africa where substantial changes are affecting the inhabitants. Okonkwo is a proud African man who strives to succeed in the Igbo society. In his early days he created a name for
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By having a very intriguing and different position on politics‚ Niccoló Machiavelli’s‚ The Prince‚ highlights key points of Machivelli’s structure of how princes/ and or pundits should govern their land. His political philosophy explains that an ideal prince is not a generous and kind representative of his people; rather he is one who will do anything in order to achieve his goals. As a fifteenth century historian‚ diplomat and humanist‚ Niccoló Machiavelli believed that religion should not be added
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about the terrorist attacks in New York‚ but never an incident not involving an outside source. It is a sorrowful yet interesting topic‚ and it makes me question why it the factory fire is not more commonly known about. My first reaction‚ was fear. Fright‚ horror‚ panic‚ scare‚ terror‚ are all words that can describe this dreadful event‚ but words do not do justice. I could not imagine being faced to pick my death‚ whether it being burning alive‚ or falling 8-10 stories to my death. Most people inside
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methods does Arthur Miller use to establish the character of Proctor in Act 1 of the Crucible? Proctor’s character is established initially through stage directions‚ and the initial view is not a beaming beacon of warmth as Mary Warren ‘leaps in fright’ at the mere sight of him‚ however we discover this is due to the fact that she is not where she should be‚ not because he is a man of evil actions. Then the stage direction that Miller uses merely for the actor and director to get a true sense of
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