X Marks the Pedwalk Essays

  • Cleopatra's Change Into a Freak

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    ThLoss is the result of the climactic transformations Cleopatra and Kertesz endure. This loss is the result of an institutional ideal exerting itself upon another. A group forms and creates an ideal identity, which implies an "other" outside of this identity. The group imposes its ideals onto “others” potentially valuable after a transformation to create a like-ness. This is achieved through changing the embodiment in the case of both Fatelessness and Freak’s characters: in Cleopatra’s new Freak-ish

  • Gift Of Fear Essay

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    Fear is often seen in our society as a drawback, something that should be eliminated from ourselves in order to achieve our full potential. Fear of failure and fear of taking risks are all restrictions that we have learned to ignore. We are taught that these concerns limit us and deprive us of our ability to be successful. It can sometimes disadvantageous in certain situations but I would challenge you in this essay that the restrictions of anxiety can be beneficial. The reality is that we need