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Summary Of Overcoming Fear By Jennifer Bowsky

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Synopsis This poem by Jennifer Bowsky is about fear. She explains how you need to overcome the fears you have so they don’t control you. In line two and three she states, “You let the fear take over your body. And then it captures you.” She is showing how if you don’t overcome your fear your stuck and then the fear almost captures you metaphorically speaking. The author shows how if you overcome the fear you break free from being captured and grow. In line six she says, “Fear is like a bug you have to squash it.” which really explains how you can overcome a fear by stepping up. Response This poem goes with my topic Overcoming Fears. The reason is because I really tried to show to not be afraid of a fear. Yes it is a fear for a reason but it

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