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Society’s reaction to their driving force is to comply because to do otherwise is to be an outcast, and to be an outcast could get one killed. The most prominent voice of logic and reason in this fear filled society

In conclusion, fear is moments that are considered to be dangerous from an emotional standpoint but is actually the key to feeling a sense of pride and courage when one overcomes these obstacles. What I had regarded as a useless function of emotions just meant to keep people from their potential, I discovered that it was the opposite; fear is meant to allow people to recognize their limits, and have them motivated to push past them, to reach your true potential in

Like Psychologist Diana Baumrind did so in her article “Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments”. Where she makes it very clear that she disagrees with causing individuals stress and discomfort. In her article, Baumrind states “It is potentially harmful to a subject to commit, on the course of an experiment, acts which he himself considers unworthy, particularly when he has been entrapped into committing such acts by an individual he has reason to trust” which in this case the trustworthy individual would be Stanley Milgram. Baumrind also worried about the dangers of the serious aftereffects that may ensure because of the stress and discomfort Stanley Milgram’s experiment has caused. Even though Stanley Milgram states that “After the interview, procedures were undertaken to assure that the subject would leave the laboratory in a state of well-being.” Baumrind was not convinced the measures taken were enough to restore the subjects state of well-being.

These three ideas being, when people start conflict, they drive themselves farther apart rather than drawing them together, not to purposely disturb people and start conflicts, and, assuming may lead to negative conflict. When conflict is present in a relationship, it is mostly negative and will not end well. This idea is strongly backed by the three main ideas. This represents that all three main ideas from "Everyday Use" are important to proving the fact that conflict is almost always negative in a

They come to realize that their differences should be praised and not looked down upon. Towards the end of the novel, Meg and her friends are able to escape the possession of IT by failing to count in unison with the man bearing red eyes and yelling out various things while the man attempts to control them. The man, who is one of the few opposing forces in the novel, informs them that failing to do a simple task is a form of one of their many weaknesses and can no longer be tolerated. Fortunately, Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace realize the hypnosis that the man was attempting to put on them and are eventually led to Meg’s father. The children knew that if they wanted to escape IT’s grasp, they needed to have confidence in their differences and use their “weakness” to escape eventual annihilation.

Sammy says, “ I look around for the girls but they’re gone, of course” (Updike) meaning that Sammy goes to find these girls but he can not find them. Sammy believes that quitting his job made some big heroic move to win these girls over but really they do not care. Sammy says “The girls, and who’d blame them, are in a hurry to get out, so I say ‘I quit’ to Lengel quick enough for them to hear, hoping they’ll stop and watch me, their unsuspected hero.” (Updike) right after he tells his boss he is quitting. The girls do not even notice, and that is when Sammy realizes what he had hoped for did not happen and that he quit his good job for no reason. Sammy goes from, being happy to believing briefly he has a chance with these girls to realizing they do not even care to give him a

He knew that the problem they faced was no task they couldn’t handle. Roosevelt claimed that fear was just a fog that block the way to seeing reality clearly. Axelrod says that Roosevelt’s attorney explained the nature of fear. Which ties into the way Roosevelt explains that fear is an obscurer of truth. He states “It is a stimulating thought- that fear is not so much the sensation accompanying the realization of danger, but a fog, an obscurer of truth, an interference with how we may productively engage reality.” (page 294 online, paragraph 2) meaning fear is something that can be overcome, because all it does is block us from seeing the truth in

Upon realizing that Hagar lacks the audacity to actually murder him, Milkman becomes silently overwhelmed with pride to which he proceeds to “pat her cheeks and turn away from her wide, dark, pleading, hollow eyes” (Morrison 130). Through his condescending tone and actions towards Hagar, it becomes evident that Milkman lacks respect for women, as he views them as socially inferior. He objectifies Hagar and discards her immediately upon losing interest, which unfortunately forces Hagar to suffer the same fate as her biblical parallel, who was banished upon bearing a child to Abraham. Ironically, Milkman fails to realize that his neglective behavior was ultimately the motivating source for the negative change induced upon Hagar. Her inevitable downfall serves to highlight the extent of Milkman’s harm through the infliction of

Even when she forced a kiss upon him, he physically pushed her away and left. This shows how John is a crucible because he is resisting the heat of his past mistakes. Even when put on the spot, he remains intact and pushes her away. Another example of John Proctor acting as a crucible is when he is accused of witchery. When he is accused by a girl named Mary Warren, he does not confess.

Through Atticus and the trial, Jem loses his innocence by learning about prejudice, bravery, and that the justice system is crippled. Throughout the book, Jem learns about prejudice and not to judge because no one is just like him and people are different. He learns most about this from Atticus. For example, when Scout comes home from school and gets angry because her teacher, Miss Caroline, doesn’t want her to read at home. Atticus responds by telling her that she shouldn’t say anything about Miss Caroline because Scout doesn’t