Donner 12-3-12 Fear Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” This means that most people don’t conquer their fears‚ but rather let their fears conquer them. It is important for people to accept fate and move on to face and conquer their fears. Fear is a part of everyone’s lives‚ and fear can exist for any totally diverse reasons. Such as‚ the fear of death‚ or something more miniscule such as the fear of heights‚ or the fear of the dark. These
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November‚ 2012 Fear essay When we grow up we learn to fear such things as drugs‚ alcohol and strangers. These fears are taught to us by our parents trying to help us grow to be safe‚ healthy individuals. While learning to avoid these dangers‚ we also experience hardships and traumas that teach us to be afraid of whatever it is we went through. But one of the most influential cause of fears is that which we witness in movies‚ shows and in the news. This is because we see
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of Okonkwo is seen as a honorable man‚ but in reality he brings fear into his household. He has three wives and four children‚ his first wife is the mother of Nwoye and Obiageli ‚his second wife Ojiugo is the mother of Nkechi‚ and Ekwefi which is the last wife is the mother of Ezinma. He is seen in the book as a man who uses his anger against his wives and children. He somewhat treats all his children the same‚ but in two particular he treats differently. Even though Nwoye and Ezinma are his children
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In the historical fiction novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the protagonist Okonkwo is a tragic hero who deals with many internal and external conflicts. Okonkwo is a leader in the Ibo village in Nigeria‚ and is seen as a very prestigious and powerful figure throughout the village and among his peers. This is because of his history as a great wrestler earlier in his life‚ his success as a farmer‚ and his fierce personality. He is married to three wives‚ and has many children to care for.
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by Chinua Achebe‚ the main character‚ Okonkwo is very insecure. Okonkwo was insecure about his father‚ Unoka‚ and didn’t want to turn out like him. Okonkwo got exiled to his mother’s land‚ causing him to feel even more insecure. Okonkwo was a strong leader of the Umuofia clan‚ but was insecure about people seeing him as a weak person. Okonkwo’s insecurities eventually lead him to end his own life. Okonkwo was insecure because he didn’t want to turn out like his sluggish father Unoka. Unoka borrowed
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21100145 p.1 1/15/16 Courage is powered by fear Aristotle believed courage to be the most important quality in a man. “Courage is a mean with regard to fear” (Aristotle). Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear. Courage is not the absence of fear; it requires fear. As a human being‚ fear is part of everyday life. Without the concept of the fear‚ courage wouldn’t exist. On the other hand‚ risk is‚ by nature‚ scary. It’s uncertain‚ unpredictable. Having the courage to take risks in life
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Have No Fear Failure is Here? As a teenager and growing student‚ many people are faced with the fears of failure; Mine was evidently school. Growing throughout elementary and middle school up to about 8th grade I was always told I had potential. I always did decent in school‚ you know typical smart kid who doesn’t put forth 100% effort all the time unless deemed necessary or interested. But up till I got to high school and grew older I began being faced with harder and way more challenging tasks
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Fearless Okonkwo Our parents have the biggest effect in our lives. The way in which they raise us depicts who we are going to be. When Okonkwo was growing up‚ his father impacted his fear of being thought of as weak. He had to prove to his community that he wasn’t like his father. In the powerful story of‚ Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe he tells a story of an Ibo farmer (Okonkwo) who lives in Nigeria. Instead of controlling his fear‚ he allows it to take over him and force his actions on people
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Failure In life‚ the journey is not only a tough one‚ but also constantly ‚meeting crossroad where one has to decide which direction to go. Some choose to go on blindly by taking chances‚ some take calculated risk‚ and some stand lost unable to decide. Everyone desire sucess‚ working round the clock; toil in blood‚ sweat and tears; put one’s shoulder to the wheel; on one’s fear for the whole day; and the expressions can go on and on. The trouble is‚ when one’s journey comes
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view. The character Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart meets Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero to an extent because only some of his characteristics lead to a downfall in the story. The characteristics he fits by the definition of tragic hero are he has a mixture of good and bad in his personality‚ he has a fatal flaw which leads to his downfall and he has a large capacity of suffering. The characteristics that don’t fit him are that he didn’t really go a journey and his downfall did not preceded
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