Fear Is Power Analysis

Fear can be an influence on someone's descent into a bad situation. In the play The Crucible the Puritan town of Salem is under suspicion of witchcraft. When a group of girls is discovered dancing in the forest, their leader (Abigail) tries to cover it up by accusing people in the town of witchcraft. All the accusations of witchcraft result in many different events, including the arrival of Judge Danforth and Reverend Hale. If anyone were to be under suspicion they would be tried for a confession that they dealt with witchcraft, and if they didn’t confess they would be hanged. The characters in the play are conflicted with different types of fear that change their personality and causes them to act differently. Fear influences people to take extreme measures and act irrationally.

To start of the novel Fear, by Gabriel Chevallier, Jean Dartemont is in France observing all the civilians celebrate the start of the new war. He criticizes their behavior and strongly disapproves, however, he admits a curiosity in him that convinces him to volunteer for the war for it will be a ‘remarkable spectacle.” After being approved to go to war, Dartemont heads to a training camp. There he becomes a private after failing to become an officer. Here he commands a group, but realized he finds the maintenance of soldiers to be tedious and useless work. Already he becomes quite eager to arrive at the front lines, which soon happens.

5) Yes, this novel “Four” shares many similar themes with texts I have previously read. Many of them have the theme of fear, power and identity underlying. A few of the novels include “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, as well as “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding. The themes of fear, power and identity are all shared in these novels. In Harper Lee’s novel ‘TKMB’ the theme of fear is displayed with the children and how they become afraid of ‘Boo Radley’. The children begin encounter this fear during their adolescents just as Tobias does in “Four”. In “The Hunger Games” the theme of power and identity is embedded in the story 's plot. This is seen when Katniss is chosen to participate in the hunger games she has to display a new persona where she is boy crazy, in order to play the role for the cameras. The power of the makers influence her in changing her identity through their power. In the novel “Four”, the power of the families as well as faction leaders influence Tobias in developing a new identity that is sought to be fit for him. Since these books i’ve read share similar themes, it is evident to me that I have an interest in books that are suspenseful and that have a very deep meaning. With fear there is always an understanding as to why it is there which leads to meaning. Also with the themes of power and identity, it reveals I have an interest in mysterious novel where there is a deeper message hidden within the

Through history, many civilizations tried to gain absolute control over their society. For example, the Nazis wore their prisoners down to destroy their honor by torturing them endlessly, starving them until they became easy to manipulate, acting as the Nazi’s puppets. However, the Nazi party was not successful in taking total control over all aspects of society. Soon enough, they were taken down, ending their power abruptly. Though History only continued to repeat itself as attempts at totalitarianism failed, Big Brother’s Oceania was able to accomplish the impossible, to successfully maintain absolute power through the use of fear, strong human instincts, and control over the human thought.

In Public Enemy’s Fight the Power, they introduce footage from the civil rights, this movement is the biggest protest in history! With thousands of people coming from all over the country to end racial segregation is an amazing feat. The march reflects social change within the black community, I couldn’t imagine being denied something, because I wasn’t white. The march shows people standing up for what’s right, but in a more peaceful manner. In the civil rights movement, their signs represented equality, one sign read “Marches for Freedom and Jobs”. People were fighting just to be accepted in places to get food, but more importantly fighting for equal rights. Comparing Public Enemy’s march to the Civil Rights has similarities and differences.

Our country's political actions are all fear-based on the idea of going against the party and its main concerns for the country. Lots of politician have been jerked around and an example is Paul Ryan, who is currently the speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He has been appointed his position and in order to keep his job he must make other Republicans happy as well as help Trump on his difficult quest to try to complete his promises. The political parties and its members have a set mentality in which they must stick together, a mob mentality. With this peer pressure and fear, stupid laws and useless wars are started, simply because people would be afraid of being humiliated in their own party. This fear makes group thinking

Fear is a powerful, yet common emotion politicians manipulate from the public in order to garner votes. For over a century, politicians have used fear in their campaigns as “fear is one of the most politically powerful emotions a candidate can tap, especially when the fears have a basis in reality. Neurobiologist, Michael Fanselow of University of California, Los Angeles explains why fear is so powerful and why we react to our fears. He states that from an evolutionary standpoint, fear has more authority than reason (50).

As a leader is it better to be loved or feared? Many believe it is better for a leader to be loved, however, throughout history it has been proven that a leader who is feared is more effective because he has much more control of the people.

Fear in today's society is a crucial part in gaining power. People use fear to control the weak minded, sadly the ones with the strong or intelligent minds, for being the minority usually get slaughtered. Many people Throughout history have used the power of fear to gain control over people, such as Kim Jong-IL, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Josef Stalin, and the worst (backed up by facts) is Mao Zedong. You may or may not have heard of Mao, so I'll tell you why he's the worst... just kidding you'll just have to read and see. Dictator is actually very smart if you think about it. They have to be able to make tons of people believe that what he is doing is not bad and that it is good, now that's not an easy task! Still they are smart in other also

I agree that fear is a great motivator to persuade a group of people in a certain direction. Fear is used in parenting, government, and everyday life to make a group of people conform to a set a rules perceived as correct by a society or community. Fear can be used to warn us of something or it can manipulate us into making decisions that we normally would not make. In this case, fear was used to make sure individuals did not participate in witchcraft and continued to practice Christianity.

What makes a topic or a subject easy to understand? Math may seem like a complex topic, especially the more in depth you get with it. However, one nice thing about math is the majority of the time, the answer is, well simply put, the answer. For example, one plus one equals 2 (1+1=2) there is no debating that is the answer. In math we use rules, and when those rules are followed correctly, we arrive at the answer. Fear is not a topic that has the same convenience of always coming to an answer by following simple rules. Swimming in the ocean is a situation in which many people are divided. If you ask multiple people on the street whether sky diving would be scary, you are most likely to get a mixed response, some saying yes and others saying no. So why is it that people cannot all agree on an answer of whether swimming in the ocean is scary or not?

A dark cloud covers the land of one thousand hills, a cloud of fear and hate.

Fear is one of the many emotions we develop early in life. As children grow older, their level of fear does too. In previous work by Muris and colleagues, (Muris et al., 1997; Muris & Merckelback, Gadet, & Moulaert, 2000; as cited by Sayfan and Lagatutta, 2008) researchers examined the fear children expressed in real and imaginary situations. At around three years of age, most children fear bodily pain, natural disasters, the dark, and animals. During the preschool years, children tend to fear imaginary and supernatural creatures. As a child grows older, their supernatural and imaginary fears start to break down. Given this information, Sayfan and Lagatutta (2008) wanted to observe the developmental changes in children’s knowledge about where people’s fears arrive from and how people of different ages show differences in fear intensity levels, when placed in the same situation. Their work questions whether children are aware that fear is not only derived from objective situations, but they can also be shaped by a person’s knowledge, their characteristics, and their preferences.

The ability to overcome fear is the key element to human sucess, personal sucess, and inner peace. Humans see fear as a barrier that protects ourselves from dangerous paths. While this is true, i would also like to pont out that fear can also hold one back from amazing things in life. However you see fear is up to you. Everyone has their own interpretation of fear.

In Once Upon a Time, by Nadine Gordimer, the author tells a dark story in a fairy tale format. This piece reveals a very dark truth, revealed through the theme, which is being controlled by fear. It is eloquently portrayed through her simple, yet descriptive wording. Allowing irrational fear to take over one’s life leads to self-destruction, which is the dark truth Gordimer wants the reader to understand.