Impacts of Fear
Fear. The unpleasant emotion which intakes your body, triggering the idea that something you are scared of will occur. In some cases being in the state of fear can impact your decisions in a negative way. The Martian Chronicles is a classic novel written by Ray Bradbury. In these nonfiction sources, Need vs. Greed by Jeffrey Sachs as well as Thanksgiving – America's National Feast of Falsehoods, Defamation and Distress by Andy Porras along with the book both go together as fear is seen generating either positive or negative outcomes. It shows that fear embodies us to take actions which could either make things for the better or for the worse depending on the situation someone is in and put through.
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He looked very sick. The crowd thickened about him, putting out their wild hands, seizing and demanding. Tom screamed." ... [This is where Tom dies] "The rain fell upon the people, and they looked up at the sky. Slowly, and then more quickly, they turned and walked away and started running, scattering from the scene. In a minute the place was desolate. Only Mr. and Mrs. LaFarge remained, looking down, hand in hand, terrified" (131) People see Tom not for who he really is, but they see him as someone who means the whole world to them. They didn’t even spend one bit realizing that he is his own self and not the person who they see. This results in conflict with everyone ; reaching out for Tom, claiming him as theirs. With everyone doing that he couldn’t take it anymore then he disappears, his body was longer existent. They killed him. This is an example of what fear does to someone. People were so happy seeing the one person that means everything to them for a second time. They did not want that person to leave their life again. Fearful of losing someone meaningful for a second time gave them the mindset that they had to do anything to make sure that won't happen again. Which resulted in all of them fighting over Tom, which ended up killing him. Another example of what fear can do shows up in a non fiction source about Thanksgiving. We like to think or tell kids that Thanksgiving is about pilgrims and feasts when they …show more content…
People automatically are woken up by the known fact that if they don’t take action or do something to prevent what they’re afraid of, they will face fear. It generates different ideas in their mind on how to handle it and get away it. For example, in the book the Martian Chronicles and the situation with Tom was negatively impacted by fear. Being scared of losing their most valued ones for a second time turned people to act viciously; pulling and grabbing Tom which ended with him dying. On the other hand also from the book, Benjamin would be an example of how fear can give off positive outcomes. Being on a different plan than the one he was use to, Earth, the air on Mar’s was quite thin. This made it hard for him to breathe which wouldn’t be a bearable environment to live in. Knowing that he would most likely have to go back to earth brought him ideas on how to make Mar’s bearable. Suddenly he thought of the idea of growing plants with would provide oxygen for him. Both these examples show that fear is either for the better or for the worse and that people are quite obviously influenced by whatever it takes to get away from