Fear Everybody is affected by fear in one way or another. Fear can be seen as a wide variety of things in this world, whether it’s created by their imagination or something like a roller coaster. When the unknown, being alone, and dreaming are present, together they create the unmistakable feeling of fear. Often times our imagination can cause terrible, mindless fear. Like in Julio Cortazar’s short story “ House Taken Over”. In the story the narrator and his sister, Irene, live in a spacious home that has been in their family for generations. When something unknown seems to be taking over their house section by section. The two siblings are eventually overtaken by fear causing them to leave everything they’ve ever had behind. “ The sound …show more content…
Like in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”. In this poem the narrator is alone in his home half reading, half asleep trying to forget about his lost loved one, Lenore. The narrator hears a knocking on his door but when he opens it, there is nothing there. The nothingness that he finds when he opens his door, freaks him out slightly. “ So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating: ‘Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; that it is, and nothing more.” (Poe 3). This quote illustrates that the narrator is a little bit scared at this point, he makes himself repeat over and over again that it was only a visitor who was at his door and nothing else. When being alone, little sounds can cause the brain to overthink resulting in fearing what the noise could have been. Another example of fear being caused by being alone is when the narrator looks out into the darkness after opening his door. “ Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” (Poe 5). This quote shows that as the narrator looks, alone, into the darkness, his brain creates fearful ideas that no one would think of if they weren't alone like himself. I believe that being alone can be the most fearful feeling because you're left with nothing but your own …show more content…
Like in Lexi Tuckers short story “ Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare”. In this story the author describes what it’s like to experience having sleep paralysis and how it could happen. “ But people who suffer from sleep paralysis find themselves paralyzed and fully aware of their predicament. What’s worse, the sleeper often experiences a frightening series of additional symptoms: difficulty breathing due to perceived pressure on the chest ( as if someone or something were sitting on the dreamers chest); hallucinations ( often seeing or hearing an intruder in the room); and powerful fear.” ( Tucker 1). This quote indicates that sleep paralysis can cause many factors that can lead to any person being frightened. Another example of how dreaming can be a cause of fear is an experience that Tucker had wrote about. A woman named Lori Ball had described her experience with sleep paralysis, “ I try to scream ( though I have great difficulty making any sound), attempt to flail around, anything, to get the attention of my husband. It’s a feeling of panic, entrapment, and desperation so horrifying that I have difficulty describing its magnitude.” (Tucker 3). This quote explains that fear can come from thoughts made up by the brain. People suffering from sleep paralysis feel fear whenever they dream because they have hallucinations that are uncontrollable. I think these
Fear is a powerful emotion. Wikipedia.com describes fear as “an emotion induced by threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately change behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events.”Most people tend to avoid fearful situations, not realizing that something positive may come out of the event or experience. Victor Villaseñor focuses on the topic of fear in his novel titled Burro Genius. Villaseñor demonstrates to readers how growing up he was extremely fearful of any situation. Victor also tells his readers how he turned his fear into motivation into motivation to keep going and reach his ultimate goal of becoming a published author.
Fear resides within all of our souls and our minds in different forms wether it be mind, body, or spirit. Fear can be brought upon by actions, words or ever our mere imagination. Of course as one being younger your imagination can bring along fear that is non existent but, to one it may seem so vivid and tangible. In this Novel by William Golding we come to grasps with many different forms of fear being from the beast, the loss of humanity, and the fear of realization.
People become scared in their own minds because of paranoia and their own imagination. For instance, say you’re home alone and don’t have any animals and you hear a noise--your first emotion is most likely fear. Although you didn’t go check what made the sound or why it was made, you get scared and stay in one area until someone gets home or you call someone, it’s human nature. We make ourselves scared when there (usually) isn’t anything to be scared about. On the other hand, we purposely make ourselves scared sometimes by going to haunted houses, watching thriller movies, reading scary books, or watching horror shows.
Introduction “This experience is much harder, and weirder, to describe than extreme fear or terror, most people know what it is like to be seriously afraid. If they haven’t felt it themselves, they’ve at least seen a movie, or read a book, or talked to a frightened friend – they can at least imagine it. But explaining what I’ve come to call ‘disorganization’ is a different challenge altogether. Consciousness gradually loses its coherence, one’s center gives away. The center cannot hold.
Fear is an everyday emotion that the human race must face, and it can bring out the best and worst of us, but its how we choose to deal with it that truly defines us.
Closely related in Julio Cortazar’s short story, “House Taken Over,” a brother and sister are pushed out of their house by an unknown entity. As the brother and sister keep worrying the sister expresses, “In that case, she said, picking up her needles again, “We’ll have to live on this side” (Cortazar 40). As we read “House Taken Over,” we see that there is an unstated entity in their house. The brother and sister see that their house is being overtaken , and they remain calm at the beginning of the story.
Fear brings forth a certain atmosphere which compels us to act upon it. The era in which the book was published allows us to see how common these fears were. Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is an excellent portrayal of how fear controls the human mind by using the characters as examples. In the book Eleanor, Theodora, Luke, and Dr. Montague have all been influenced by fear in the story, whether it be the fear of love, the unknown, family, rejection, expression, or loneliness. These different types of fear plagued their minds causing their actions to reflect upon them. Jackson explores the theme of fear in The Haunting of Hill House by creating a cast of characters that in turn are manipulated by the inner workings of their minds and the
Have you ever had something ever get to you or make you you scared? That is called fear and tons an tons of people have different fears. Fear is an emotion that makes you feel afraid or something is frighten. Some fears many include spiders, clowns and even death. ‘’Fear Prompts Teens To Act Impulsively’’ by Laura Sanders, ‘’Stress for Success’’ by Alison Pearce, and ‘’And Uncomfortable Bed’’ By Guy Maupassant all explain the idea of fear.
The above passage comes from the story of House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar. It represents a thematic that people are ready to help others even at their worst possible times. In the story, the narrator and his sister are chased by unknown characters, referred to as "they", out of their own house. "They" are portrayed to be of evil nature. In order to prevent any burglary in their house, not because they are afraid that they are going to lose their assets but because they want to prevent the misfortuned burglars from running into "them". Thus, they simply lock the front door and throw the key into a sewer.
Fear is the emotional state that someone goes into when they feel threatened or endangered. The fact that we do not know everything makes us think that everything we do not know is feared. There are many stories that include the fear of the unknown. Each poem, story, and drama include some type of fear. In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Hills Like White Elephants”, and “Poof” there is an extensive amount of fear for the unknown. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ernest Hemingway, and Lynn Nottage all used the fear to their advantage while writing and making an entertainment for the readers.
Human's fears should not be taken lightly. Fear could do anything to one's minds, though without fear, man can be as savage as animals. In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding presented fear of the unknown to be a powerful force in a man's mind. Fear of the unknown is a powerful force, which can turn to either insight or hysteria. The kids feared of not being rescued off of the island, so they made signal fires on top of the mountain. Then, there and gone, Roger's fear of the old rules he abided to. Also, there were the fears of the beast which confused and isolated the kids from the top of the mountain.
“When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.” – M. Night Shyamalan
Fear can be caused by many different things and can be a result of different situations. “Fear is a primary emotion. It is an evolved and adaptive physiological response that occurs automatically in response to particular
It makes people feel venerable and weak but were it to be manipulated by someone else it could give them power and control over you if you cannot face it. In Room by Emma Donoghue, Ma and Jack faced different forms of fear in their own ways. Ma had to have her fear manipulated by her captor, Old Nick, and the judgment of society to protect Jack. While Jack faced his own fear of the unknown. The author developed the two characters through the novel and gave them an opportunity to overcome their fears by saying goodbye to Room, and them making a list of things they fear, like swimming. The list symbolized them planning to slowly beat all of their fears and close the chapter. This shows that with time, even the greatest fears and traumas can be
Fear is a human emotion everyone dislikes. Fear is in every person with no exception. It can be difficult problem to solve. We can overcome our fears by challenging ourselves by analyzing fear and developing a growth mindset.