One of the most prevalent examples of fear in my childhood was a cold afternoon in December. Frost speckled the windows and I sat playing on the cool, tile floors of my living room. Across the house, I heard yelling coming from downstairs. Curious, I went to go investigate, dropping my toys and bolting into the kitchen. The shouts became clearer, and I saw my mom grabbing at the fire extinguisher in an infectious panic. My pulse raced, and my thoughts muddled. This was not the kind of fear you experience watching a twisted Disney movie or when faced with a circus clown-- this was real and sharp and urgent and without thinking I knew what I had to do. I made a mad dash for the corner of the room where Marie sat, oblivious, rolling a toy car along the edge of the couch. I grabbed her hand and she looked up at me confused. I led her outside into the cold without a second thought and we ran as far out from the house as we could. We stood shivering, my arm around my sister, my feet turning pink from the ice. In just a few seconds, my dad burst out of the side door, holding what looked like pure fire and throwing it into the snow. Quickly it exploded into flames …show more content…
I once heard someone say that bravery isn’t a lack of fear, it’s taking action despite being scared, and these are words I’ve lived by ever since. When faced with these intense events and challenges, it is natural to be afraid whether you’re five years old or a wife with children. Despite being inconvenient in the moment, fear is an emotion that can truly change a person. This story happened so long ago the details are still fuzzy and the images almost look like a dream, but even as the memory fades the effect it had on my personality will remain forever. For example, to this day my “fight or flight” instinct is to flee, and I will protect my family above all
An example of courage, as the judgment that something else is more important than fear, is through the character of Kak in B for Buster by Iain Lawrence. In this novel, Kak is characterized as a young, determined boy, desiring to turn himself from a comic book reading boy into a World War II hero. Planning to escape his drunken, abusive father, Kak enlists himself in the Canadian Air Force although he is underage and only sixteen years old. During his first mission, he is becomes frightened of the risk of not coming home alive, but doesn?t show his emotions because of his austere, intrepid crewmen. During this mission, Kak did not have an absence of fear, but he felt that becoming a hero like the ones in his comic book, and accomplishing his dream of fly, was more important than his fear of dying.
Since 1877, American politics and society have been influenced by fear. This fear came from a lot of ways, for example: foreign culture and also from American. After the Reconstruction of the south of America, after slavery, the northern and the Southern became more and more close. By the United States unification, America met a lot of events that made people felt fear when America society had development and became strong, like Communism power, effect of atomic weapons.
Bravery has a history that can be traced back to the first trace of humanity. Indeed, society depends on leaders that are brave.The word bravery itself lives within our everyday lives. There are times when we need leaders, courageous ones. At school, we need bravery in every classroom. Especially during the shooting of Sandy Hook,when six heroines dies to save their students. This was a time when intense bravery was needed to overcome evil. Teachers, how much will you sacrifice for your school? If an assailant shows up in your school, will you do the things that no others will do? Together, I believe, we could all be a little bit braver. If we become braver one by one, the world would be a much better place for everyone.
One of the most controversial topics of the century hinges on one simple question: What makes the world go round? Most will jump to say money. Some will argue in favor of their religion. Others will point out scientific facts. The truth is, none are correct. One emotion, one aspect of life shines above the others, extending its light on merely half of our beloved globe, leaving the other semi-circle to deal with pitch black: fear. To understand its impact, society’s definition of fear must be perceived. Fear is officially defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something dangerous will harm him/her. However, with his classic novel, Alan Paton shows that it extends far beyond that. An old man by the name of Stephen Kumalo leaves the comfort of his tribe in Ndotsheni, and embarks on a
“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.”
Thank you for instilling the value of courage in me. Aristotle would say that courage is the “mean state in relation to feelings of fear and confidence” (Nicomachean Ethics, 1115a7-8). He argues that all people experience feelings of fear, but it is the approach that they take towards the thing that they are fearful of that determines their courage. A courageous person feels fear and acts in relation to fearful things. What Aristotle has said about courage, accurately summarizes what you have taught me. Courage is needed in order to live well as a human being and to live a good life.
Bravery is the quality of a person who displays courage and fearlessness in the face of danger. Such qualities show splendor and magnificence in a person. Fear and terror sometimes hinder the determination someone can show. Overcoming this fear is what portrays bravery. In Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Frederick Henry shows bravery by freely joining the Italian army, risking his life for some ambulance drivers and swimming to freedom, being shot at the whole way.
Bravery isn't having no fear; it is accepting and welcoming your fears and getting past
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. - By: Eleanor Roosevelt
Great fear can sometimes turn into great courage and self-confidence. Stephen Crane describes this fact exceptionally well in his novel The Red Badge of Courage. In the beginning of Crane’s novel Henry has a fear of the unknown along with many other fears. He is going into battle and he has not been tested in such a way before. Henry’s courage was eventually gained from experience and from confidence in himself and his regiment. The Red Badge of Courage demonstrates that courage cannot be defined as taking action without fear, but rather to be courageous in the face of one's fears. This is obvious when Henry acts like a coward in his first battle, in his retreat back to camp, and fights courageously in his last battle at Chancellorsville.
The word fear makes my mind draw a blank. I am trying to make sense of it but I can not, at least not for everyone. It is a word that is left up to a person’s digression. It almost seems unfair to have a clear cookie-cutter definition of what it is. The word is too broad to be sectioned off by one definition.
This life lesson is that courage isn’t always about physical confrontation, it can be mental courage, shown through the face of emotional
Ever since the analysis of fear, we come to understand the reason a person shudders at the sight of the darkness under a bed or in a closet, but we do not understand the fearful creature bound to the darkness and how to effectively live alongside him. According to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, parents need to understand and implement rules within their households to help their children overcome bedtime fears: “Once you understand the nature of your child's fear, it is important not to support or build up these fears . . . These actions tend to make children think you believe in the imagined object as well.” (“Bedtime Fears” 1). Parents make it commonplace to transform their children’s fears into fallacies, otherwise their children might believe the parents believe in them as well; consequently, this means a child can never become friends with their own
intense or extensive than others” (Rapee, et al 17). Some fears may be more common at certain ages; for example, children the ages of three-five will be afraid of the...
Understanding and analyzing fear is a step to become fearless. Question until you understand something don’t go through life insecure. When you feel the sensation of fear you get scared and realize that you aren’t as brave as you thought, but you are capable of not being afraid anymore. Deconstructing fear is a way of gaining confidence. Once you become fearless life becomes limitless. Throughout life people are afraid of certain things not because they aren’t capable of doing it, but it is the fear that is the cause of their unwillingness. Results on fear are often held back by false assumptions of weakness. People live in fear, if you want to achieve success then don’t doubt yourself. Set fearlessness as an ideal as an ideal to dream about being fearless and the better you will be. Just because you try something for the first time and it doesn't come out as you expected doesn’t mean that it won't come out right the next time. Don’t give up and try until you succeed. In order to grow you have to challenge yourself. Confront your fears so that you aren’t scared