The Fear Of Fear In Jeannee Castle's The Glass Castle

The neighbour remembers that the mother informed her that her, “child smacks his cheeks on the floor” (15) yet he does not look clumsy. It is not possible for both cheeks to be hit on the floor at the same time while falling on the floor therefore the mother is lying. It represents her dishonest and how she would neglect her child to fabricate a suitable image of herself and family in front of others to protect her reputation. Not to mention, the mother veils her son’s burns by stating, “sparks burn starts in his skin” (22). Sparks cannot burn star shapes into skin and it shows the destruction of a vulnerable life. The abuse does not benefit anyone and will influence the child emotionally and physically yet she is not doing anything to support him. Moreover, things are not always the way they seem, which is proven through, “the cast that holds his small bones” (24-25). The injuries that the mother utilizes to conceal the abuse would not break his bones, but damage his skin. The mother does not give her child the proper care to heal from the abuse nor does she show concern. The description portrays his weakness and innocence because he does not deserve it yet other children are supported by their kinds mothers. His mother chooses to act as if there is everything is perfect and ignores her child and mistake of abusing

Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” in 1952 and about forty years later explained his purpose in an article titled “Why I Wrote the Crucible.” Miller expresses some of the emotions he went through as his book gained popularity saying, “I remember those years...but I have lost the dead weight of the fear I had then. Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth.” At first, he refers to fear as dead weight as if it was useless but still pulling him down but then he explains the importance of fear. He claimed that fear can warp our judgement which seems realistic because when people are in a situation the causes fear they are known to take out of the ordinary action. Miller also suggests that fear is a crucial part of our memory and without fear our memories can fade and the truth of the issue as well. Miller was likely fearful of the

The theme of fear of change in The Alchemist shows how Santiago has many fears in moving forward in his life and those fears sometimes hold him back from what he might learn and experience if he otherwise embraced change. Santiago's whole life had been focused on exploring the world, specifically Spain, and learning from his sheep. As a Shepard he would travel from place to place learning. His sheep taut him, what he thought, all he would need to know about the world. When Santiago met the King he was fearful of giving up his flock In order to pursue his "Personal Legend." He only knew about how to be a Shepard and care for his flock. He knew what was a good price for each and how to shear and care for them. With this being the expanse of

She still if fearful of her parents when they are present in her life, but is trying to deal with the situation every time she meets with them. The impact that Jeannette had on the environment was the domestic violence and the alcoholism that she had bear witness to. She was resourceful in getting her dad to quit drinking for two months, but when he found out that his own mother sexually abused his son, the stress got to him and instead of going to the store to buy food for the family he used the money to get drunk.

After Jeannette wakes up in the middle of the night with her two sibilings, Lori and Brian, asleep and her parents out of the hotel room she is awoken by an intense heat. As she discovers there is a fire on the curtains blazing she is “stuck.” In a sense that she doesn’t have the energy to yell or move to warn Lori and Brian. She is then “rescued” by her father who comes in yelling, which awakes Lori and Brian, wraps a blanket around Jeannette and carries her outside of the hotel room as he rushes Lori and Brian out. As they go across the street to a bar Jeannette begins to reevaluate all of her experiences with fire.

As time passes on, people in society become accustomed to the daily routines of life. Eventually, what others once wanted to pursue become their own fears. Fear begins to control people on what they should and shouldn't do, and without knowing, they become slaves to fear. In The Alchemist, Santiago speaks to the merchant about his dream of traveling to the pyramids, and the merchant replies back with his dream of wanting to go to Mecca. The merchant states that he fears living his dream because then he would no longer have anything to dream for, and because of that, he won't go to Mecca. The merchant continues to live his normal life, and he misses the opportunity of a lifetime that other Muslim families have achieved due to his fear of

From the book The Alchemist a commonly shown theme is fear. It can alter their state of mind therefor having the character make a decision they will regret later. Fear is shown many themes throughout the book for instance a merchant want to seek after his dream of living in Mecca a different town but never decides to move because he is to scared to. Fear altered the merchants state of mind therefor laming him to scared to move. Another place in the book where fear is shown is when Santagio want to go per sue his dream of going to the pyramids but he fears that if he leaves he won't be able to see the girl he loves Fatima. If he leaves he fears he won't meet her again. After looking at these instances it is clearly shown that fear changes

Along the path the life we are going to face obstacles, obstacles that we might not able to surpass but as Paulo Coehlo once said: “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight”. Fear can be a positive and negative feeling depending on the situation, it can protect you from evil and it can block your path to success. Fear is defined as a “distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc” (dictionary.com) . The Alchemist follows the story of a young Andalusian shepherd, Santiago, in his journey to Egyptian pyramids in the search of his Personal Legend and treasure, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there. Santiago deals with different situations where his heart and mind are invaded by

H. P. Lovecraft has once quoted in his book of Supernatural Horror in Literature that, “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” The fear of the unknown is the greatest fear among all fears; meanwhile, the way to achieve our dreams, or put it in different words, our Personal Legend, lies within the fear of the unknown. The spiritual adventurous, fantasy novel The Alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, brings out the journey of a young boy named Santiago searching for his Personal Legend. The role of fear dominates the story of Santiago’s journey of achieving his Personal Legend; the confrontation with the fear of the unknown by Santiago throughout the story has become

One of the most unpleasant instincts as a human is fear. It can help us be more aware of our surroundings or prevent us from harming ourselves. Fear is also able to induce us to obsessed with what we worry about the most, causing isolation from reality. The remoteness leads into not being able to enjoy life, or cause major repercussions. In Poe’s stories the main characters have to face what they fear the most. The characters either choose to face their fear, or run away from it. Poe uses similes, irony, and imagery to illustrate whether the character's obsessions with fear will lead them to death or prosperity.

In The Hound of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a murder had taken place with mysterious circumstances, such circumstances to cause nearly every character of this book to be ruled by fear, it was deadly. People shouldn't be ruled by fear because fear caused people to become paranoid, fear caused people to be silenced, and fear caused death. Sir Charles was more related to fear than anyone else in this book, he died from it. “There are indications that the man was crazed with fear before he ever began to run,” (#). This clearly shows how Sir Charles was killed by fear itself, therefore it ruled him and his actions.

In the adventure, The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, along with Dr. Watson team up with the worrisome people of Dartmoor to find a murderer, fight against horror, along with the supernatural. Throughout the journey, Doyle proposes how fear can curb your life, or furthermore, cause it to end. Ensuing next in the genesis of the novel, Doyle introduces the story of how Sir Charles Baskerville was literally startled to death, ‘“He was so convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family…”’ (14), to the point that he was so afraid of the hound that he would make arrangements to prevent going near the moor at night. Likewise, he avoided having a wife and children consequently because he didn’t want anyone to get hurt or cause any more mayhem in the Baskerville family.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, tells the tale of the fabled hound that haunts the Baskerville family. Throughout the novel, the author forms the theme of not being ruled by fear, by the characters dealing with, unexplained deaths, strange sounds, and the existence of the hound.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Regards to, two detectives who were assigned to solve the case of the hound on the moor who was killing the men of the Baskerville family. From the beginning to the end, the author develops the theme of the novel by not being scared to walk across the moor and having many fast caustiles in the family thought out the novel.

On the cover of the glossy photograph is a short three year old, who wouldn’t develop much more in height as she grew older, standing in the living room of the first house she lived in, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The girl is me, I am wearing a fireman’s outfit for Halloween and across my face is a radiant smile, when I look at the picture I can tell that I had been laughing. Looking at the photo I am reminded of the joy of a young girl who had not yet fully understood the affliction that had already been thrown at her, I, the young girl, was not expecting the pain that the world would forcibly hand to me. The house that I am standing in is home to me, my Mother, my Father, occasionally my brother Matthew, and my cat, Beast.