Essays on Fear

Public Speaking and its Challenges Public speaking is an oratory that involves the art of speaking to a large audience. This form of communication facilitates passing of information to people for education, entertainment, motivate change, and sometimes influence people to change for the better (Coopman & Lull, 2014). However, communicating with...

In the article Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil, the authors have communicated logically, to their audience; people who love adventure, the role of emotions and perceptions experienced during the exploration undertakings, and in the hunt for an ideal stimulation level. The title of the article is clear and concise,...

Terrorism is defined as the use of intimidation or violence to instill fear in a society in order to achieve a specific political goal. Terrorist acts by various terrorist organisations target locations of interest and may result in large casualties, primarily among civilians and terrorists themselves. Terrorist groups use various...

Peace: A Desired State for Humanity Peace is the most wanted but seldom found object. It refers to a state of calm in which there is no disorder, aggression, or terror. At the present, humanity's evolutionary challenge is to achieve harmony. Many nations around the globe are attempting to find a...

What kind of advertisements are these (the Seventeen ads) — identification or promise? Who is meant to identify with whom? Or, what exactly is being promised? What message(s) about sex do the Seventeen Magazine photos convey to young girls? What do you say to young boys about sex? According to the...

Introduction Birth and death are the two main points of life, one signalling the beginning and the other signaling the termination of life. Although birth is celebrated in all cultures around the world, death is greeted with defiance and terror. The fear of death has led to a fascination with death...

Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a psychological eating disorder characterized by constant food intake limits, intense fear of weight gain, and a great deal of concern about self-perceived body shape. A individual suffering from the condition is unable to maintain a normal healthy weight and, even when they are severely underweight,...

Friendship: A Greater Emotional Connection My definition of friendship is that it is a connection between persons of reciprocal gain and affection which creates a greater emotional connection between people than a partnership. Honesty, sympathy, self-sacrifice, empathy, kindness, and shared understanding are some of the features that characterize my understanding of...

Horror is one of the film genres whose main goal is to scare, frighten, disgust, or startle audiences. The films often try to evoke the audience's latent fears in the most frightening manner possible. George A. Romero's living dead trilogy is a six-part series of zombie horror films laced with...

Phobias are perceptions of either particular objects or circumstances in other cases. There is little distinction between fear and phobias that are somewhat similar, but vary greatly from each other. In particular, as opposed to phobias that cause serious problems, the fears lack the element of causing or presenting major...

Literary analysis of the culture of fear of Barry Glassner Crippling, unfounded fears take hold of the lives of American citizens on a daily basis, at least as Barry Glassner portrays the everyday American life in his book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the False Stuff. The...