Fear is one of human’s emotions that sometimes prevent humans to be successful. The other acceptable definitions for fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the nearness danger or expectation of pain. The main character in the novel that called Life of Pi written by Yann Martel is Pi who challenges with many issues in his journey from India to Canada. One of the issues is living alone on the lifeboat in the middle of ocean with a Bengal tiger for while. One can learn to deal with fear as Pi deals
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In unit 5‚ we studied how the feeling of fear can either be a good thing or a bad thing towards our emotions. Fear is something that can make someone feel good or bad. The first way can be something very good‚ as in helping yourself find a way to overcome it and get over something that you never thought you could get over. Within unit 5‚ the first quality that made me understand that the feeling of fear as being a harmful emotion is making you feel scared. “She made me do it. She made
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Another way in which and action can be both altruistic and self interested is aided by the concept that altruism may lead others to think more highly of you‚ which is in beneficial for you and makes you feel better about yourself‚ so is therefore also in your self interest. An example of this is giving to charity. This may give you positive feelings as you enjoy helping others and seeing that your own actions can benefit people other than yourself. Therefore you’re being altruistic and still acting
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have put Joe in a very awkward moment. From this he feels and knows that Joe has to react in either a way of horror or agreement. Joe feels trapped and very imprisoned even though Jed is only expressing his feelings and trying to understand why Joe doesn’t feel the same way. Later on in the novel‚ Jed starts to (in certain ways) ‘interrogate’ Joe so he starts to understand exactly how he feels; “look. You don’t have to go about it like this. You could save us
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Benjamin Franklin My greatest fear is dying without being remembered by the masses. Death is the end of the worldly journey for all. From birth to death‚ every human creates their own story. We build on this story daily until we pass away. For some people‚ this life story is a boring‚ lonely tale. But for others‚ this adventure is filled with emotions including failure‚ success and building a legacy that will last a thousand years. Personally‚ my greatest fear is that my life will not be remembered
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we fear. It often alters the way in which we act or manage situations and can provoke uneasiness. It is in these moments we’re fear tends to make or break us. Many of those who experience conflict often feel a sense of powerlessness and insecurity. In the text Cry freedom‚ conflict is the corner stone around which the text is moulded. Several factors can be labelled as a trigger for conflict‚ however on close examination is it becomes evident that fear is the foundation. Through fear‚ our
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Fear often becomes our worst enemy when it makes you become irrational and stops you from thinking clearly. First of all‚ fear can make us become overly cautious‚ to the point where it causes harm. In Nadine Gordimer’s novel “Once Upon a Time” a family builds a barbed wire wall because they are so afraid of the robberies and the boy decides to explore the fence and dies from being shredded by the wire “(the boy) dragged a ladder to the wall‚ the shining coiled tunnel...with the first fixing of its
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Dangerous Situations And Fear Fear is an emotion aroused by danger. It is an important protective instinct. At any hint of danger‚ a substance called noradrenalin is released into the blood. This prepares the body for action. When we are scared‚ our skin is pale‚ as blood is diverted to the muscles. Our body is sweating more‚ to cool the muscles; our breathing is faster‚ and provides so more oxygen for the muscles; our heart beats faster to push more blood to the muscles. Also the gut and
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Miller implies how fear was used to silence the people of Salem and how it was used to persuade people into false testimony. Throughout the play in Salem witch trials‚ fear was the major source of power to control the enemy. In Salem there were only a couple of things one had to worry about such as punishment from the ruling authoritative‚ supernatural forces‚ and shame brought onto their names. In the play there are girls who use fear as their source of weapon to avoid their own fear of being punished
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Fear of Public Speaking Hardwired Speech Anxiety Worse for Some‚ but Most Can Overcome It By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Amal Chakraburtty‚ MD April 20‚ 2006 -- Fear of public speaking strikes some people harder -- and differently -- than others‚ according to a new study. The study shows that those who suffer most over speaking in public get more anxious -- not less anxious -- as their presentation gets under way. And when it’s over‚ instead of feeling relief‚ they feel even
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