Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "We gain strength and courage and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face." This quote is seen in many examples of life, both fictional and non-fictional. For instance, one case of this quote is the story of Kyle Hargreaves, a boy with masklophobia, and how he learned to conquer it. While it is not known how he gained a fear of mascots, it is known for sure that he is deathly afraid of them. However, one day he had decided that enough was enough, and sought to vanquish his phobia. To do so, he played a basketball game with multiple mascots, and soon enough felt his fear slipping away. To illustrate, the article that focuses on Kyle’s story called “What are you Afraid of?” written …show more content…
Kyle felt no trepidation at all” (Hutson 17). From this piece of evidence, it can clearly be seen how this example represents Roosevelt’s claim. Kyle chose to face his fear, and by experiencing it personally, he was able to gain enough confidence and courage to no longer be frightened by them. If Kyle had chosen the opposite, and simply tried to live with his fear, he would have never been able to look fear in the face. However, because he did, Kyle is completely normal around mascots now, and is even able to take a trip to Disney world as a result of it. In addition, another example that proves this quote to be true is Miobe’s story. Miobe, known to be a constantly frightened child, wanted to prove that he was no longer what his named claimed his to be, and traveled the world to prove that he was courageous. However, in the midst of his journey, he came to a village that had been cowering over a monster that was supposedly threatening the whole village. Despite the pleas not to, Miobe wished to slay the monster, and started to where the monster laid. As he came closer and closer to the home, he noticed how the monster shrunk, and how it became less and less
Fear is a thing that strikes someone at heart. This man had overcame it in such a way it moved many people and had became another thing that this man has overcome. It sure will not be the last of it.As Wiesel said “Hunger—thirst—fear—transport—selection—fire—chimney: these words all have intrinsic
Fear is a powerful emotion. Wikipedia.com describes fear as “an emotion induced by threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately change behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events.”Most people tend to avoid fearful situations, not realizing that something positive may come out of the event or experience. Victor Villaseñor focuses on the topic of fear in his novel titled Burro Genius. Villaseñor demonstrates to readers how growing up he was extremely fearful of any situation. Victor also tells his readers how he turned his fear into motivation into motivation to keep going and reach his ultimate goal of becoming a published author.
To live with fear and not be overcome by it is the final test of
In his inaugural speech of 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke one of the most famous pieces of rhetoric to date, saying that we have “nothing to fear, but fear itself.” In reality, everyone had very much to fear. For one thing, their trusted leader lied straight to their faces every time he made a public appearance. The possibility of war and loss, in terms of love, life, and money, were constantly on the mind of Americans during Roosevelt’s presidency – all four terms. President Roosevelt utilized the tactics of deception and rhetoric to gain the trust of Americans, and was betrayed by the country of Japan. While he was deceptive, Roosevelt’s decisions did, in fact, “justify the means.”
Fear is an everyday emotion that the human race must face, and it can bring out the best and worst of us, but its how we choose to deal with it that truly defines us.
The first thing realized by the president that he mentioned the fact that people want to see him speaking honestly and he expressly made use of worlds i.e. sincerity and honesty. Roosevelt mentioned about the fear and regarded that our biggest fear is the fear itself. He is playing a paternalistic role in this speech and he is acting just like a parent calms the fear of his kid. He has numerously used the word
Fear itself can be an immobilizing force, wrecking lives, destroying cities and even conquering civilizations. Without fear there is no bravery, but with bravery all fear can be conquered. Pitsenbarger conquered that fear the moment he rappelled down the rope from his Kaman HH-43 Huskie helicopter and into the dense jungle of Vietnam. Daniel Kirby, a Company C rifleman recalled Pitsenbarger’s actions “I was stunned that somebody was coming down to put themselves in that situation. It’s hard to believe that someone would voluntarily come into that battle and stay with it. He had to be the bravest person I’ve ever known.” (Daniel Kirby former Company C rifleman) With this selfless action Pitsenbarger faced his fears and overcame them in a pure act of
When Johnson conveys that getting over fear is true freedom I really felt that was one of the truest statement I have ever read. In my life I have been crippled with fear before to the point that I would not venture into a certain project or job Johnson, S., 1998, p. 46). Sometimes I feel like I wouldn’t be a good leader so I want to play a role of the background and my voice goes unheard. The fear of change has stopped me from taking certain roles because like many people when I find something where there is security I don’t want to leave even though the job might offer little pay and chance for advancement. If I don’t learn away to change myself I might run the risk of not surviving within the corporate world. I have to learn to adapt faster to my climate, I remember at my old job at Macys my boss moved to a different division in retail and we had to have a replacement boss. My old boss was pretty relaxed and calm let you get to work but, new boss was not bad but way more demanding and would force me to be on my toes at all times in order to be an effective worker. The process of change in bosses took me a while to adapt to the changes and caused me and my coworker’s weeks of frustration and pain because we couldn’t adapt. Eventually I learned how to operate with the new boss but it took a lot out of
Leaders are criticized every day for the things they say or do, also for what they haven’t said or done. Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficult, dangerous, and painful situations without fear. It takes a special person to be a leader and Theodore Roosevelt was a person of courage he had thick skin in more ways than one. On October 12, 1912 Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin a man standing in the crowd aiming a gun to his head, pulled the trigger hitting Roosevelt in the right chest. At first he didn’t realize he had been shot until noticing a hole in his overcoat. He checked under his coat his fingers were covered in blood. Fortunately, the bullet struck his case for his glasses and the copy of his speech, he refused to go to the hospital until he was done giving an 80 minute speech. As he was finishing up told the crowd, “It takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose”. Theodore Roosevelt stood the test of courage that day in
Bravery isn't having no fear; it is accepting and welcoming your fears and getting past
Everything is to be overcomed and fear is a challenge that the power of compassion can
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
Fear no more, Roosevelt does murder fear - the innocent fear. This sounds like a line that would come from the pen of Shakespeare. However, this is a the underlying message in What Was I Scared of? by Dr. Seuss. The Great Depression and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speeches were extremely influential upon the works of Theodor Geisel, commonly known by his pen name of Dr. Seuss. One of the primary examples of this influence is reflected in What Was I Scared of?. The overall message of this book may be synopsized in the following - the only thing of which to fear is fear itself. All other fears may be overcome through bravery. Fear of the unknown hinders the individual from developmental
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In an ABC news article written by Lauren Cox, these cases are some of the most extreme. Sophie Waller had a deadly fear of the dentist. The girl developed the phobia at the young age of four, when a dentist accidentally cut her tongue. At eight years old, she was still afraid of the dentist. When she was told that she was going to the dentist’s for a cracked tooth, she refused to eat for three days. During the procedure, the dentists decided to pull out her remaining baby teeth. This turned out to be a grave mistake, as she then refused to open her mouth and had to fed with a tube. She continually refused to open her mouth after her release, and died of starvation and dehydration two weeks later. There are children who are afraid to go to school, often because of a specific incident which occured at school. One young girl couldn’t even be on the same block as her school without hyperventilating. After much questioning, it was found out that the fear started from a bully in her class, then quickly generalized to a fear of the entire school. However, when the girl was transferred to a new school, the phobia gradually went away. Two boys who had a fear of dogs, one who was bit and one who saw the incident happen, were too afraid to even go outside, which is what made the difference between a general fear and a phobia. Child phobias are much more dangerous and harder to treat because “...a phobia in a child can pose special challenges that make them harder to detect and perhaps more detrimental.” (ABC News). Not only is it more difficult to treat in children, but it is harder to diagnose. Children are much more susceptible to irrational fear, and often those fears don’t carry out through a lifetime. However, to tell the difference between a childish fear and a phobia, the actions of a child with a serious phobia are likely to be far more extreme.