Fear is an emotion that brings a sense of unease to our world, whether it is the fear of an object or someone inflicting fear on someone. There can be different levels of fear that affect people. This is the emotion everyone has, no matter if they deny it, no one can be fearless. Throughout the years the common fears of people and the word its-self have evolved and will be a never ending cycle.
The sense of being afraid or uneased caused by a possible danger was developed in the late 12th century, but the origin of “fear” has existed since the 14th century. It was used in many different languages including German, Norwegian, Dutch, Latin, and Greek. Fear was originally a verb in the 14th and 15th century in the Old English language to “terrify or frighten”. Later in the 15th century fear could be “felt” and used as a noun or a verb. Middle English used fere as a noun to describe a …show more content…
Roosevelt, in his first inauguration speech (Roosevelt). Roosevelt was the only president to be elected four times. He also led the US through the Great Depression and World War Two while expanding government programs like the New Deal (Franklin). Roosevelt can be viewed as a person of authority because of his major accomplishment. Leading a nation through a world war and trying to drag an economy out of one of the worse depression came with many challenges for Roosevelt to face. At his own home front he was diagnosed with polio, but he refused to believe it (Franklin). In the inauguration speech Roosevelt denied having polio or being paralyzed. Many people think he did not want a nation in need to think they don’t have a strong leader. The famous quote from his speech helped American’s understand that we have to comfort and overcome our fears rather than avoiding them. He proved this to them by facing the war and depression head on rather than avoiding the
The sense of being afraid or uneased caused by a possible danger was developed in the late 12th century, but the origin of “fear” has existed since the 14th century. It was used in many different languages including German, Norwegian, Dutch, Latin, and Greek. Fear was originally a verb in the 14th and 15th century in the Old English language to “terrify or frighten”. Later in the 15th century fear could be “felt” and used as a noun or a verb. Middle English used fere as a noun to describe a …show more content…
Roosevelt, in his first inauguration speech (Roosevelt). Roosevelt was the only president to be elected four times. He also led the US through the Great Depression and World War Two while expanding government programs like the New Deal (Franklin). Roosevelt can be viewed as a person of authority because of his major accomplishment. Leading a nation through a world war and trying to drag an economy out of one of the worse depression came with many challenges for Roosevelt to face. At his own home front he was diagnosed with polio, but he refused to believe it (Franklin). In the inauguration speech Roosevelt denied having polio or being paralyzed. Many people think he did not want a nation in need to think they don’t have a strong leader. The famous quote from his speech helped American’s understand that we have to comfort and overcome our fears rather than avoiding them. He proved this to them by facing the war and depression head on rather than avoiding the