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Power Of Fear In Sandee Lamotte's Things Fall Apart

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In “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Terrorism” by Sandee LaMotte, he describes the power of fear and the effects it has on human beings. LaMotte describes how fear was made to protect humans in life threatening events, but when prolonged it can do the exact opposite. Then he goes on to describe how fear is used by terrorist groups,ISIS,to gain control. The effects of fear described in LaMotte’s article can give us some insight into the popular novel Things Fall Apart. In Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo ,an Ibo man, who is shaped by his fear of his father, experiences life before and after European settlement. Okonkwo's father was seen as a failure by the Ibo culture and by Okonkwo himself, this made him fear that he would
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