In the introduction to Kendall Phillips’ book, “Projected Fears,” he discusses “horror films that made such an impression on American culture that they became instantly recognizable and, indeed, redefined the notion of what a horror film is.” (Phillips 3). This list of movies includes many favorites, such as Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Scream. Phillips later states his thesis, “...my argument in this book is that these [movies] are the most ‘successful’ and ‘influential’ in American history and that their level of success and influence can be correlated to broader cultural anxieties into which they somehow tapped” (Phillips 3).
Herman Webster Mudgett was born on May 16, 1860 (. He had a normal childhood where he grew an interest in medicine. After Herman graduated from High School; he goes on to teach at a local school. He soon discovers that teaching is not for him and he goes to college at the University of Michigan to study medicine. At college, He begins to take out fake insurance claims and he would use the corpses in the morgue as the bodies he would give to the insurance company to get money.
Seen in the eyes of many as a joke or more than often confused with fear due to it’s many similar characteristics. In his article called, “ Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear”, published in January 2012 on The New York Times, Joseph LeDoux, gives his opinion about anxiety to those who don’t know anything about it. He proves that anxiety occurs when we over anticipate things, causing fear within ourselves. Throughout his article he provides multiple scenarios and situations showing his audience how anxiety works, and how it differentiates from fear. Fear is a feeling we all have felt at one moment in our lives.
In Daniel Gardner’s The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain, chapter nine which is titled “Crime and Perception” is about child abductions and the actual probability of a child getting kidnapped. The author claims that the tabloids, the government, and the media relays news using horrifying pictures. Which encourages a gut reaction instead of providing the facts that allow people to assess the situation causing them think and react based on head. In addition, the author accuses the media of not giving the public enough time to process the information given, in most circumstances the statistics are showed briefly or are viewed at the end of television broadcasting and the facts, most of the time, are not even explained.
Fear is an involuntary response to a danger or threat in our surroundings. Whether it is an internal doubt or external fright, humans have been taught to view it as an obstacle to subdue. In "Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card, Card plays with the concept that fear can influence a human’s reactions to conflict. Similar concepts are shared in “What Fear Can Teach Us” by Karen Thompson Walker; the author congregates points on how our anxieties can actually be used to an advantage, instead of it being a vexing thought. In both pieces, the authors establish the idea of how fear can be a decisive mechanism.
Sam Robert, in the article, A Decade of Fear argues that mccarthyism turned americans against each other. Robert supports his claim by illustrating fear, describing betrayal, and comparing it to other United States internal conflicts. The author's purpose is to point out a vulnerable period in american history in order to demonstrate that americans felt prey to mccarthyism negative propaganda. The author writes in a reflective tone for and educated audience. I strongly agree with Roberts claim.
Needles, heights, snakes, and spiders I’m scared of a lot of things. But mostly the fear of being rejected or unloved by my fans because there one of the many reasons why im still here today. So I need them, and hopefully they need me too. 2. What superpower would you like to have?
Sam Robert’s article, “A Decade of Fear” explains how McCarthyism turned Americans against each other by generating mass hysteria and dealing with the situation in an unprofessional manner. McCarthy generated mass hysteria when he publicly accused 205 people of being a part of the communist party during one of his speeches. The author states “... news of McCarthy’s accusation against the State Department of President Harry Truman sent shock waves across the nation…. and eventually made his name synonymous with a decade-long period of investigations- labeled ‘witch hunts’ by his critic- to uncover Communist infiltration in American life.” The authors point is that since McCarthy made his accusations public, he caused the nation to be frenzy.
I had had a fear of drowning since I was a little girl. My mom put me in swimming lessons but I would never want to go because I was always scared to do the things that the other children found easy. My fear was back from playing like
African Americans all had fear in their eyes everyday from the time they woke up till the time they would fall asleep. Being a person of color they knew anything could happen to them at any time. African Americans feared death, incarceration and lynching all because the color of their skin. For instance, “Explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park ... when she is told that Funtown is closed for colored children…developing an unconscious bitterness towards white people” (King 224).
This past June my Girl Scout troop went on a trip to Wildwood, NJ. While we were there we went to Cape May to climb the WWII tower and the lighthouse. This made me nervous because I am afraid of heights. Anything that is not secure or solid freaks me out. It causes me to freeze and clutch onto the nearest object, and shake until someone can coax me out of it.
I. A small amount of anxiety can be a good thing. A lot of anxiety is when it becomes a problem. “The dividing line is when the fear becomes so great that it causes a lot of distress and/or it makes the person not able to do certain things” says Dr. Bridget Walker. Having a constant or persistent feeling of fear and distress, is known as anxiety.
The second fear is lizard. When I was young, I walked pass the door. Suddenly, the giant lizard fell on my shoulder. I was scared stiffen as a rock. I was disgusted lizards.
Terrorism is a form of trauma, and trauma has the ability to make an impact on people for their entire lives. In the article “ Rational and Irrational Fears Combine Terrorism’s Wake” , Dr. Gilbert made a prediction that “New Yorkers”, as well as Americans will lose their fear and be back to normal after September 11, 2001. “New Yorkers” and the rest of American will never be normal again. Fear that occurs from such a state of panic and distress is kindled inside a person’s soul like a candle that never burns out.
The one fear that made your whole body shakes uncontrollably to the point where you couldn’t take it anymore. Now imagine having to live with that fear every single day of your life. Imagine being a child whose biggest fear is whether or not he is going to starve to death.
