Why Americans Are Afraid Of The Wrong Things By Barry Glassner

Fear is often characterized as an irrational sense of negativity toward the unknown or the unlikeable. In the eyes of many Americans, the majority of whom proclaim their Christian beliefs, this sensation is considered unavoidable. Marilynne Robinson argues in her article “Fear”, published by The New York Review of Books in 2015, that “...first, contemporary America is full of fear. And second, fear is not a Christian habit of mind” (Robinson 1). In other words, it is ‘unchristian’ to fear. In both the beginning and conclusion, she clearly expresses credibility through her extensive credentials and strong emotional arguments; however, this is overshadowed by the wordiness, sarcasm, and lack of

For closure I would like to call on students at random and ask them what we learned today, if they cannot answer I will call on another student to help them out with their answer. I will then give a quick preview of what we will learn tomorrow and then connect how we can use this information in our everyday lives

David Kennedy’s book Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War 1929-1945 shines light on the financial impacts that hit the country during the Great Depression and World War 2. This book shares how some people assumed that Franklyn D Roosevelt was a successor in getting things moving to a better economy but if it wasn’t for Hoover things may have been worse, or that’s what I took from it. Kennedy starts off the book with talking about the end of World War 1 and how the Great Depression started with the treaty of Versailles because it had led men of World War 2 to believe that they could be better leaders of their country. A prime example would be Hitler who believed that Jewish people were the reason Germany failed and this led to him rising to power.

No one should ever have enough power to cause innocent people distress over how they carry themselves in everyday life. McCarthy a man who gained power by using the vulnerability of American Citizen in 1917 - 1920 influenced them that communism was unacceptable and made it so that anyone who was accused was punished. The New York Times journalist, Sam Roberts, in the article, “A Decade of Fear” published in 2010 addresses the topic of the Red Scare and attributes that McCarthyism used to turn Americans against each other after WWII by stating that America was infiltrated by communists. The text mentioned that, “thousands of alleged Communists in the U.S. were arrested and deported during what became known as the

Fear is driving America. Fear of saying the wrong thing, fear of thinking the wrong thing, even fear of dressing the wrong way. While this fear is prevalent, each of us respond to if differently. Some of us fear so much about offending others that we seek out others to tell them what to do, what to think, and how to act. While some of feel as if political correctness is being forced upon us and we take every means to that we deem necessary to protect their right to say and believe what they want.

Barry Glassner in The Culture of Fear describes two societies and explains the key differences between each; the society captured by media coverage, insane statistics, and perpetual horror, and the reality that America would go both deaf and blind to were it not for an occasional voice through the darkness. Glassner maintains that we live in a society where fear mongering is abundant, if not rampant, and the media and government shape the views we have. Dangers are amplified, statistics are told completely out of context, and the audience’s attention is shifted from major issues. If that were not problematic enough itself, through outcry and emotional claims, even pure scientific truth can be quieted through the power of the media. Glassner

The United States of America is a country that is democratic and possesses an extreme amount of power that makes it very authoritative and influential. It is a country used to being at the top, never below in supremacy. The U.S. fears communism, loosing Israel’s support, and the unification of countries in the Middle East.

There are multitude interesting topics that we went over this semester. A few really stood out to me and called for farther looking into like the important of realistic self-esteem, finding one’s self in early life, and understanding the important of both nature and nurture when raising children. The one idea that this course has reinforced is that happiness is important in all stages of life. This course has also made me realize the fundamental flaw in my writing like plugging APA citations, how to properly use research in my writing, and to leave myself the proper amount of time to proofread my papers.

life is such a cruel yet beautiful game of chess. And fear seems to constantly have a plan of attack, armed with bitterness, sarrow, pain, and lonliness. It strikes down each pawn that holds a glimmer of hope. Staring on a single piece of ten leads to a greater loss and as the enemy makes itself known through the shattered bits of life, you come to realize that what you fear is the unknow in

Throughout the semester, I have learned a lot but thing I can say I took the most from is from the readings of the Psychic Mafia and Paranormal Beliefs. This is because I learned that a lot of people are out there to trick you just to get some money. They take advantage of your misfortune. An example of this is when a mother loses her child, she may go see a psychic to try to talk to her son again. This can lead to the mother being attached and unable to move on with her life. I feel this course has better prepared me for the future of people trying to pull schemes behind your back while trying to take advantages of your weaknesses.

In today’s society fear is the cause of most violence. Fear is motivated in a lot of ways from TV to face on face interaction. Society should learn to overcome fear and be moti-vated by desire to be seen as free and equal. In this essay I’m going to give examples of cases where fear played a big role that caused problems. To enlighten the negatives and positives that fear has to show.

Fear is a feeling induced by experience, perceived danger, or watching a frightening traumatic accident. The fear responses arise from the perception of danger and ultimately a change in behaviour, such as fleeing, or hiding or from perceived traumatic events. Every person has fears and different fears may be different adaptations that have been useful in our evolutionary past. I have fears too, and sometime, I feel embarrassed to intersperse my fear with others.

The next contemporary caricatures will be a work published on July 21, 2008 in the NEW YORKER (Appendix 1, Fig. 3). It is named "The Politics of Fear" and was created by Barry Blitt (Fig. 3). The caricature depicts two central figures in a oval room (Fig. 3). The background depicts a light beige wall with white wood paneling (Fig. 3). On the left, there is a chair against the wall, and traces of a shelf above it (Fig. 3). On the right side, there is a burning fireplace and a piece of colored cloth in the fire, while a framed image of a bearded man hangs above the fireplace (Fig. 3). The floor of the oval room is covered by a oval carpet, depicting a bird with half-opened wings (Fig. 3).

I appreciate all that I have learned within this class. It’s not often that classes affect the way we see life. But this

As this semester is coming to an end, I am reminiscing about how overwhelming this class was. However, I acknowledge that there are a lot of astonishing things I have learned from this course. As an Engineering student, I was craving to acquire more knowledge that would help me in the outside world. Some things went as I desired and others did not, but I recognize that I could have done a better job to make this lesson more significant.