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    world‚ from a six-year old child to an eighty-year old man‚ has something to fear. Fear can be very difficult to handle at times. Although fears might also change throughout a lifetime‚ most people do remain scared of something. I am no different. Fear is dangerous because it limits the hero’s confidence‚ and without a confidence no one will believe in you so you wouldn’t be considered a hero to society. Fear is a predominantly a dangerous monster because takes all the hero’s confidence

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    destruction. Okonkwo exemplifies a tragic hero with experiences he endures in his life. In Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart” the author expresses how the protagonist Okonkwo is a tragic hero by having excessive pride‚ the audience having empathy for him‚ and being imperfect. The pride exhibited by a person reflects their personality. For instance‚ “Okonkwo said yes very strongly‚ so his chi agreed. And not only his chi but his clan too‚ because it judged a man by the work of his hands” (Achebe

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    to his express affection towards and support for his children. In order to maintain a healthy father and son/daughter relationship‚ the father needs to both express affection towards his children‚ while also supporting his kids. However‚ expressing emotion is not the easiest thing for a man to do. Men have a habit of concealing their emotions in order to maintain masculinity and power in their household. Like many other fathers‚ Okonkwo lacks the ability to express his affection towards his children

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    expressing his individuality along with the expectations that his father‚ Okonkwo has for him. Nwoye’s initial struggle of finding himself and embracing his differences from his father show how a cultural collision can be for the better and have a positive effect on an individual. The introduction of Western ideas save him from his situation with his father and brings him a new culture that he can ultimately relate to. Nwoye doesn’t fit in with the violence and manly act that is apart of his culture

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    Things Fall Apart Okonkwo

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    In the story things fall apart the main character is okonkwo. Okonkwo’s father was one of the characters that i picked. The reason why i picked him was because i could connect with his saying that he does not like his father. Okonkwo and his father really didn’t know each other okonkwo knew that his father was lazy and owed people so much money. I could connect with okonkwo and his father because i really didn’t know mine and neither does okonkwo. It says in the story that he doesn’t like him. I could

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    What’s fear to politics? Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion that a person senses that something is dangerous. In the first chapter of the book written by Al Gore’s Assault on Reason: “The Politics of Fear” has good valid points about fear to the audience. This is because Al Gore uses a lot of pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos in the first chapter. Al Gore first starts off with attacking George W. Bush about many things. Al Gore does seem to convince the audience that George W. Bush used fear through

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    Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decision making in life. The dictionary defines fear as‚ “A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger”. This feeling‚ present in everyone’s life at some point‚ is more influential than one might think. Everywhere in the world today people live in fear‚ whether it is terrorism‚ robbery or something as simple as criticism‚ this feeling of fear causes people to do unusual things. In Arthur Miller’s play‚

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    Samantha Walsh English 101 Ms. Clement 18 February 2013 Failure Nobody ever wants to fail. When people think of “failure”‚ it usually is negative. Failure is commonly viewed as disappointment or not reaching desired goals. More often than not‚ it is associated with losing. After we experience failure‚ it is our choice how to internalize the experience. I believe that after failure‚ most people choose to stop taking big risks and stop from daring to dream big and instead let the failing experience

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    Name: Mahmoud Allam Zeid Ali ID : 1131349 Fear The biggest fear is fear from myself. The biggest fear is fear from myself. I don’t know where I heard these words or when. But they were engraved in my mind through out the warm up. I had to fight the fear. this story is true and really happened with me when I drived my car for example the frist time I drived my car I cant tell my feeling in the frist time really in this time I afraid from myself if I do something wrong what was happened

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    I fear dying this way.. The metropolitan city Karachi has descended into a state of fear. The unstoppable violence‚ crimes‚ robberies‚ target killings‚ suicide bomb blasts‚ kidnapping for ransom‚ riots‚ sectarian and ethnic killings‚ and abhorrent terrorism have made the city of lights‚ the capital of terror and constant fear. There is hardly any crime that is not prevalent in Karachi. The prospect of dying is frightening the innocent citizens. Threat‚ sacrifices‚ terror‚ agony and frustration

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