Conquering fear also has the effect on people. They do not want to live in fear. They do not want to feel like there is something key to themselves which can overpower them at any second and turn them into something which is completely out of their control. It overwhelms them, making them do things which they would never do, whether that be jump off a cliff into a river to save their lives. Fear is a wild thing inside of all of us which is untamed.
Fear can leave you petrified, but hope is the greatest strength that you can possess and hope will always overpower
On January 6th, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his eighth State of the Union address to Congress, known as the speech of the “Four Freedoms.” The purpose of this speech was to persuade Americans to shift their attention from the Axis threat to the British and allied troops in desperate need of support. During the time of this address, America was in a great state of isolationism. The majority of Americans sought to disassociate themselves from any foreign ties, including wars. “Policies to curb immigration quotas and increase tariffs on imported goods were implemented, and a series of Neutrality Acts passed in the 1930’s limited American arms and munitions assistance abroad” (“The Four Freedoms”1).
In the image, Freedom From Want, an image that was part of a four-series publication based off of the “Four Freedoms”proposed in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s State of the Union address, a homologous family surrounds the white-linen table. The family excitedly awaits the meal laid out on the table. The image is number three from the series. Preceding it are Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Worship, followed by Freedom from Fear. His inspiration was the quote "In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms,“ said by Roosevelt.
Over 100 million people in the world do not have the same basic freedoms that every American has, and over 4 billion people face harsh religious freedoms not allowing them to believe in what they want. During times of conflict in the world the United States and its presidents work to keep the freedoms that we as Americans have. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address describe how they want to preserve freedom in our country and the world. However, Roosevelt’s speech talks about aiding other countries to protect freedom and liberty, whereas Kennedy’s speech talks more about protecting our own country 's freedom and how to do it, through negotiation.
On March 15th, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson gave an incredible speech regarding African American rights and voting legislation. He addressed the nation shortly after the disaster of “Bloody Sunday” in Alabama. “Bloody Sunday” was when Alabama State Troopers brutally attacked Civil Rights activists during their march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. This march was to get the African Americans the voting rights they deserved. When President Johnson gave the speech We Shall Overcome it became remembered as a historical and significant speech.
Nathaniel Hawthorne is a well known author who has written a multitude of short stories; often writing about the negative side of humanity and how people’s emotions affect them. Hawthorne puts heavy emphasis on symbolism to help ease the flow of the story for the reader as well as incorporating that symbolism by interacting with the character while maintaining the theme of faith. Not just faith but evil is also a theme that becomes apparent as the story goes on and even becomes present as it comes to a conclusion. The story “Young Goodman Brown” demonstrates such qualities through relationships, symbols, foreshadowing and similarities to other stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent Van Gogh. This means that if anything is to be accomplished, fearlessness is a key factor in pursuing the goal. Actually, fearlessness is the key factor in pursuing a goal. This important message is shown in the short story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
You can fear of the unknown, commitment, fear of heights, rejection, disappointment, being different, so far so on. Everyone in this world has something that they are afraid of. Your first step in overcoming your fear, is to identify it! In order to overcome your fear, you need to step out of your comfort zone. Fears are what keep us from succeeding, that’s why we need to identify them and crush the fear!
As said by Christopher Bond, “Remember, we all know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain.” Today everyone knows that the Nazis were defeated in 1945 and the Iron Curtain, along with the Soviets, eventually fell around 1991. But in 1939 after Germany invaded Poland, or when the alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States was beginning to fall apart the peace and safety of the United States was not always guaranteed. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms’ speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address talk about how the peace and freedom of the United States is being threatened.
In a time of darkness and fighting in the world, it is hard to remain peaceful. Being the leader of your country, it is hard to say the right thing. Both presidents, Roosevelt and Kennedy, experienced this in their time. Even though their speeches were relevant to the topic of freedom, the meanings came about differently. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address both talk about freedom.
He also imbues us with courage to recognize and release all types of fear: fear of the unknown, fear about the uncertainty of the future, and hidden or deep-seated
Freedom from want refers to threats that have now been brought to the forefront such as poverty, environmental degradation and disease. Freedom of fear refers to the more traditional types of insecurity like that of armed conflicts. Within these conflicts the insecurity of child soldiers, landmines, or any other violence against the
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The more we become conscious about our body, the more we develop the sense of possession, the more we are worried about our reputation and the more we become obsessed with importance and power, the greater the chances we will feel fear. On the other side, if we let go of the attachments, we will be able to let go of fear. We have to forget about our wish to be important, the wish for control and power over the others, the wish to be respected and well thought of, our obsession with possessions, well being and bodily health as well as our identification of ourselves with our body. We can get rid of fear completely if we finally have no attachments to silly things.
