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Fear Of Death Dbq

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Most of the individuals, to be specific, numbers 1,3 and 4 answered that they we are most afraid of death. They said we are afraid of death of a loved one,when and how we ourselves are going to die, and even thinking about death is problem. On the other hand, Individuals numbers 2 and 5 both said that we are most afraid of the unknown and not being control. This answer is similar to the first response because we as humans are cannot contain death, we cannot control it and we also do not know when or how we are going to die. The differences with these responses is that the first was made by the younger group of individuals which may be a reason on why their answer is different from those who are older. This reveals that the older group may still

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