My Fear By Lawrence Rab Literary Devices

In the novel Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman, the main character, Blake, is trapped in an amusement park where he has to fight against his biggest fears to save his younger brother, Quinn. In order to survive, Blake must ride a total of seven rides. Each ride represents one of his secret fears. The ride that represents his absolute biggest fear was the Kamikaze.

For example, in his poem “A Sincere Man I Am,” Jose Marti utilizes imaginable metaphors, powerful symbols and relatable tones in order to communicate a theme of hope, pain and ambition on a connectable and

Sam Roberts in the article A Decade of Fear argues that McCarthyism turned Americans against each other. Roberts 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 of American history in order to demonstrate that Americans felt prey to McCarthy’s negative propaganda. The author writes in a cynical tone for an educated audience. I strongly agree with Robert’s claim.

Fear relates to all of the following characteristics in the previous paragraphs because fear can lead to both hurting people and jealously. This is also shown in The Crucible when Abigail says to Mercy, “(holding Mercy back). No, he’ll be comin’ up. Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced—I told him as much already” (Miller 146). You could see and hear the fear in Abigail’s voice while she is talking to Mercy.

Would it be possible to live without fear? Can fear change one's perspective on life? Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotional feeling caused by belief in the possibility of danger or pain. No matter how big or small, everyone has fears. In the “Slave Narrative of Frederick Douglass” written by Frederick Douglass and the 1951 John Huston film The Red Badge of Courage, a person's fear has a profound impact on them.

Once we learn what fear is, it sticks with us for life, or in the narrator's words, “It was the burden of being alive” (104). Just like all the other intangible burdens, fear is inescapable and a part of being alive, of being human. “Imagination was a killer” (100) says Jimmy. For example, when one of his men had to go into a tunnel they just blew up and check it out. All of the other men would station themselves around the hole, “imagining cobwebs and ghosts, whatever was down there- the tunnel walls squeezing in-...”

All men feel it and none dare to speak” (46). This quote is important to understanding how big of an impact fear was on them, and shows that it began to literally consume

Fear can turn human beings into monsters. It can also change actions, thoughts, and others' thoughts. Fear can change human actions from exile to horrid in a second. In the teleplay, Les Goodman's car started when no one else could. And when the woman said he looks up at the stars at night.

Fear, something we all have. Behind fear is a basic human instinct; self-preservation, the will to live that makes us pause before hurling ourselves over the edge into the unknown. It is something that has the power to push us past our breaking point yet manages to keep us alive. Fear is a good motivator as evidenced by the characters in Arthur Miller’s Play, “The Crucible”. At times, fear motivates people to behave irrationally.

This thought leads onto the idea of flight or fight. Fear is a strong emotion which leads to the fight or flight response is when your mind need to save yourself or runaway. Fear is apparent in people’s choice to their extreme actions, it may cause some to confess something they didn’t do, or accuse others to save their own lives or name or keep silent. In act one Miller shows a repeated cycle of flight responses, in this act Abigail is being questioned for what the girls have been caught doing in the forest, as pressure starts to build Abigail

In the essay “The Things with Feathers That Perches in the Soul “, Anthony Doerr asks “What lasts? Is there anything you’ve made in your life that will still be here 150 years from now? Is there anything on your shelves that will be tagged and numbered and kept in a warehouse like this?” (Doerr 97). The idea the author is trying to imply there are things in this world that will fade.

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” ?

Fear. You hear it all the time. And we can experience the sudden emotion in our daily lives. Any time of day there can be Fear: when watching a scary movie, getting lost in an amusement park, or being alone in the dark. But in this novel, fear takes on a whole other meaning.

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.

Rikita Tyson uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos effectively in her argument of No Fear Shakespeare. Rikita is very passionate about how detrimental the the fear of the Shakespeare is that our culture has created. She describes how the translation absolutely destroys the true effect that the original verbiage chosen by shakespeare has on its audience. Rikita effectively uses Pathos in her argument for a lot of reasons. Her use of Pathos is very evident in the way she writes this article.