“Mass Hysteria in Upstate New York” The general argument made by Ruth Graham in “Mass Hysteria in Upstate New York” is that cases of large groups of people becoming suddenly ill have surfaced because of a massive panic occurring. More specifically, Graham reasons that a large group of teenage girls experienced Tourette’s like symptoms due to mass hysteria. Graham writes, “Typically, symptoms-which can include Brownell’s Tourette’s-like movements, along with nausea, dizziness, cramping, and more-start with one or two victims and spread when others see or hear about them” (1).
Fear can cause many things, mostly violence because if someone or a group of people fear something but don’t know who or what it is they can get violent. For example if someone kills somebody else and the family doesn’t know if that same person will come back for them they will get violent and look for that person and might kill that person and the whole family to. Fear can also cause overreacting and people start to panic and
Another example is having multiple workers getting injured like Mikolas who lost his hand and Antana who had a lung disease and died from the chemical that surrounded him in the pickle room, there’s no safety net or medical treatment given to them, if your sick or injured you are replaced with someone worthy of their money, you are replaceable. Another reason is when Jurgis found out about Phil Connor and Ona, Jurgis’s instinct overcame him, he attacked Connor and went to court and testified to the judges about what he has done to Ona but since Connor has power and connection all over the social structure in Chicago the judges believed Connor’s words against Jurgis. Everything that surrounded them was corrupted, the factories, businesses, policeman, judges, courtrooms, and the government. People lied about everything because they knew they could get away with it. Jurgis and his family came and migrated to American to live the American dream but instead, they lived and experienced the American
Is fear the only thing to fear? Maybe it is, maybe it is not. Fear is a strong emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Some people use fear to control the people around them. Someone that uses fear to control others is called a demagogue.
Red Scare panic and hysteria began in 1919-1920’s after WWI. Thanks to the Red Scare, the American public became paranoid and suspicious of everyone from Communist Russian. In some cases, neighbors would report neighbors as being Communist spies just because they did not like their neighbor. The modern day terrorism The anti-Muslim panic and hysteria arose after terrorists came to the United States as normal immigrants and used the American education system to train themselves to be aircraft pilots and got support money from those already in the United Sates began with the attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Both are the reactions of the American public to acts of war.
Mass hysteria is when a large amount of people shares the same fear and begin taking drastic action. Mass hysteria is caused by a group of people, or one-person panicking causing an even larger group of people to panic commonly for no reason. An example of this reaction is, for example is in the first season of Pokémon the TV show. There is one episode that never aired in the United States because of an outbreak of nausea and seizures that affected 12,000 Japanese children after they watched it in 1997. The episode, “Cyber Solider Porygon” featured bright flashing lights that some believe caused the seizures, but most likely it was a simple case of mass hysteria.
Another example is when it says “four men arrived now to take Logan away” (Angler 268). This shows sometimes we have to do things we don't like in order to
What is fear? Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief of someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or threat. In my own words fear is a feeling people get when someone is going to kill them. But not all fear is bad because some people feel fear differently How is fear used in “The Crucible” ?
Panic and fear are usually kept within an individual and others may not be able to observe it. For example, before writing an exam someone may be anxious on the inside, but appear calm and collected. In this film, displaying
The final example is the Haitian Revolution. Slaves in France revolted in an uprising against the French Colonial Government. Slaves were being treated badly by their owners, so they revolted and gained their freedom through war. In each of these situations, there are two themes present. The people are unhappy with their lives and how their leader treats them, and the leader is unsatisfactory in the leadership of his/her country.
One of the most prevalent psychological effects of the pandemic has been fear. Fear of contracting the virus, fear of losing loved ones, fear of job loss, and fear of the unknown has been a constant source of stress for many individuals. This fear has led to heightened anxiety levels, which in turn can lead to physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating, and difficulty breathing. The fear of the virus has also caused many people to become
One fear that society is afraid of that pertains to zombies is to lose their humanity and live in a world where you are always in danger of getting infected. One specific movie that involves this fear is World War Z. This movie shows us what happens when an uncontrollable virus breaks out on the world and there is no cure for it to save people from becoming zombies. Over the course of the movie, it shows to loss of the human race and humanity structure as a whole because of the outbreak. People
Fear is what you make of it because nothing is inherently scary it is what you take from the object or experience that makes it scary and fills your head with fear. This can have an effect on society and how people and their respective governments react to types of issues and problems. This leads to in extreme cases war and mass murder of a society that is being exploited as a scapegoat. In the book Lord of the Flies the author William Golding suggest the impact fear has on human nature and how it disrupts order and disorder in a society.
One example would be the way Ying Ying St. Clair's baby died. “I took this baby from my womb before it could be born. This was not a bad thing in China back then, to kill a baby before it is born. But even then, I thought it was bad, because my body flowed with terrible revenge as the juices of this man’s firstborn son poured out of me.” (281).
Case Question 1: Most aspects of foreign culture, like languages, religion, gender roles, and problem solving strategies, are hard for a casual observer to understand. In what ways do do Hollywood movies affect national culture outside the United States? What aspect of U.S culture do Hollywood films promote around the world ? Can you observe any positive effects of Hollywood movies on world culture?
