Everyone is afraid of something, whether it’s something as silly as a clown or as ferocious as a snake. However, there are a few people who are courageous and determined enough to overcome their fear, like Kyle Hargreaves. In the informational text, “What are you afraid of?” the author discusses how Kyle overcomes his fear of mascots by gradually becoming exposed to them. After Kyle realizes his fear is irrational and that mascots cannot hurt anyone, he eventually overcomes it. Similarly, in the folktale, “Conquering Fear” a fearless and determined boy named Miobe also conquers his fear of facing monsters.
The European folktale, “Conquering Fear” is the story of Miobe, a young boy who is determined to conquer his unknown fear. On the night Miobe sets off into the world to conquer his fear, he sleeps under a wide umbrella where he is startled by a pack of wolves’ howling. Instead of running away from the pack of wolves, he decides to walk in the direction of their howling. By sun rise, he finds himself upon a village whose people see a ferocious creature that lives on a mountain near them. After Miobe sees the same figure, he realizes that he is looking upon his own fear. To complete his journey, he goes to slay the monster and finds that the monster that everyone was terrified of is actually a toad. He brings the toad back to the village, and shows the “monster” to the village. The villagers then state, ‘’Miobe has brought us the monster. Its name is fear.” Essentially, they are explaining that after Miobe set forth to conquer the infamous “monster” and succeeded in destroying it, Miobe destroyed their fear of fear itself.
In the European folktale Miobe essentially fights a monster, also known as his own fear. In the...
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Moreover, Kyle also fought against a monster, or his own fear, during the middle of his treatment. During the middle of his treatment, other mascots joined the basketball game. Kyle was getting more and more anxious towards the end of the game, but he didn’t let his phobia take over him. Since Kyle remained calm throughout his treatment, he was able to fight against his fear and phobia completely. In other words, by the end of his treatment, his fear had dissipated.
To sum up, Miobe and Kyle were both able to conquer their fear, by fighting against it with determination and with no fear. Throughout his journey, Miobe never drifted off the path of his fear, so he was able to conquer his fear. Additionally, since Kyle never let his phobia take over him in his treatment, he was also able to conquer his fear. Remember the only thing to fear is fear itself.
The Dangers of Fear Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw, once said, “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.” Inhumanity is mankind’s worst attribute. Every so often, ordinary humans are driven to the point where they have no choice but to think of themselves. One of the most famous examples used today is the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night demonstrates how fear is a debilitating force that causes people to lose sight of who they once were.
Fear is a thing that strikes someone at heart. This man had overcame it in such a way it moved many people and had became another thing that this man has overcome. It sure will not be the last of it.As Wiesel said “Hunger—thirst—fear—transport—selection—fire—chimney: these words all have intrinsic
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The reading “The Terror” by Junot Diaz is a story I can relate to because of the emotional and physical bullying I experienced in high school which I was able to curb after informing my parents who took immediate actions to put a stop to it. Junot Diaz was narrating his experiences with fear after getting beat-up as an adolescent.
One of many prominent themes in William Golding's novel, the Lord of the Flies, is Fear. From the very first chapter, until the last, fear plays an important role in this text. It is the only thing, which stops the boys from acting rationally at times, from questioning curious circumstances and it physically hindered so many of the boys, so many times. The active role of fear in Lord of the Flies, was intentionally used by Golding, because he knew what images it would create. Fear is described by Mirriam- Webster's English dictionary, as To be uneasy or apprehensive'. This feeling is mutually experienced by all of the boys on the island in many different ways. Initially the boys have an obvious fear of being alone, which then brings upon the fear of what we know as the beast, or as the littluns refer to is, as the beastie'. While this fear continues for the whole of the novel, we are also exposed to three other incidents of fear. The first of these is the civilised fear of consequences, displayed only when the children are seen as young civilised boys, in the earliest chapters. The final two are of a different nature, with those fears being the loss of power, the fear of rejection and the fear of being in the minority. All of these different fears, then relate back to the character, and as was expertly planned out by William Golding, influences the characters attitudes and behaviours.
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times we have been fascinated with all sorts of tales about monsters and intrigued by myths and
Gilmore, David D. "Why Study Monsters?" Gilmore, David D. Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. 210.
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