Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil pain, etc. Whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Fear is powerful, it has forced people to do things they never thought they would do without the pressure of fear. Fear has shaped nations that are present today. Life is filled with unknown challenges that will shape our behavior and fear is part of that. In the books “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe and “Candide” by Voltaire illustrate how fear can affect someone 's behavior to the future, science, and change.
It is logical to fear the future. You may die tomorrow or you may live for another 50 years. I fear a lot about how I will die. Will it be slow, will it be fast? When will …show more content…
Its human nature to stick to things the way they are. Change is scary or it can be taken as disrespect. It’s common for someone not to change if there is not negative affect in the way that they do it. We become use to our routine and anything that takes us out of it places in an unfamiliar place to execute a task. Change, like anything else is like growth. You make a mistake, learn from it, and move on with your life and try not to make the same mistake again. Change in a community can cause tension. Large stores may move into a town and take business that could drive small business out of business. Large companies buy stuff at in a larger scale at a lower price and able to sell it at a cheaper price than a small business. Also fast food place may move into a town and take business from sit dine-in restaurants. All change is not good and that is why it is feared. A dramatic change in “Things Fall Apart”.FRANÇOISE UGOCHUKWU wrote a journal article about “THINGS FALL APART” called Things Fall Apart—Achebe’s Legacy, from Book to Screen. “One of the striking characteristics of the film is its respect for Achebe’s text, culminating in the famous words, “the white man . . . has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (124–25)”. ( UGOCHUKWU 8) We find a community that was use to a way of life and outsiders came and change things up. They Thought if they stuck the outsiders in Evil Forest the spirits would run them away but instead they prospered in the forest. It brought a few of the tribes men to join them, which resulted in the acceptance of their government ideas and their
It is logical to fear the future. You may die tomorrow or you may live for another 50 years. I fear a lot about how I will die. Will it be slow, will it be fast? When will …show more content…
Its human nature to stick to things the way they are. Change is scary or it can be taken as disrespect. It’s common for someone not to change if there is not negative affect in the way that they do it. We become use to our routine and anything that takes us out of it places in an unfamiliar place to execute a task. Change, like anything else is like growth. You make a mistake, learn from it, and move on with your life and try not to make the same mistake again. Change in a community can cause tension. Large stores may move into a town and take business that could drive small business out of business. Large companies buy stuff at in a larger scale at a lower price and able to sell it at a cheaper price than a small business. Also fast food place may move into a town and take business from sit dine-in restaurants. All change is not good and that is why it is feared. A dramatic change in “Things Fall Apart”.FRANÇOISE UGOCHUKWU wrote a journal article about “THINGS FALL APART” called Things Fall Apart—Achebe’s Legacy, from Book to Screen. “One of the striking characteristics of the film is its respect for Achebe’s text, culminating in the famous words, “the white man . . . has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (124–25)”. ( UGOCHUKWU 8) We find a community that was use to a way of life and outsiders came and change things up. They Thought if they stuck the outsiders in Evil Forest the spirits would run them away but instead they prospered in the forest. It brought a few of the tribes men to join them, which resulted in the acceptance of their government ideas and their