So I used to see Corpses. Men with half their faces shot off, crawling across the floor" (Barker 12). The effects of war have caused Sassoon to undergo a serious internal conflict. The hallucinations are typical examples of Sassoon's inescapable memories of the war which have haunted him since and created this interminable fear; the fear of going back to war. This fear represents his weakness and thus; his emasculation. .
Being abandoned by his own father at a very young age, Sassoon regarded Rivers as a father figure. During his stay at the hospital, Sassoon develops a very close relationship with rivers due to the numerous therapeutic sessions that were held. Sassoon feels abandoned by Rivers the day he leaves for his three weeks vacation, as that day he needed to speak with him. He rushes down to his office, and finds his already gone in the early train. He feels very dejected. "A memory tweaked the edges of his mind The day his father left home. Or the day he died? No, the day he left. Sassoon smiled, amused at the link he"d discovered, and the stopped smiling. He"d joked once or twice to Rivers about his being his father confessor, but only now, faced with this second abandonment, did he realize how completely Rivers had come to take his father's place" (Barker, 145). As a result of this therapy, Sassoon feels loses all his manliness and becomes like a child figure in front of Rivers, he feels sad when abandoned by him because he was the only person he looked up to. Rivers turns out to be the only person in the hospital to which Sassoon could open up his heart and express his feelings, fears and emotions. Being abandoned by his father at such a young age, Sassoon never lived through the father-son experience. But Rivers filled up that emptiness, as he was kind, open-minded, soft-hearted and had a deep sympathy for the suffering of his patients. This is what enabled him to develop very close bond with Sassoon, to the extent that he now perceives him as a father figure, as man to whom he could confess and spill out his emotions.
It is born in our personalities, some have a lot of fear and some fear nothing at all. As infants one of our first fears is trying to stand up. ... This is the first example of overcoming a fear. ... Fear is something that has been widely studied by psychologists. ... Watson was the pioneer to try and condition fear. ...
There are various ways to classify fear. ... A woman, sitting alone in her car at a red light in a secluded part of town, suddenly sees a man standing at her car window. ... For example, an elderly man realizes that he has lived a long life, but is afraid or unsure of what comes after death. ... Another example of this type of fear deals with fear of God. ... It can be something as small as fear of a stranger or as large as the fear of the end of the world. ...
Fear Fear is a painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of danger; anxiety; alarm or dread. Fear is man's response to the unknown, as one tends to feel apprehensive of what they cannot understand. ... Fear can be many things like a fear of a creature or object also a childhood fear, fear comes in many ways. ... Death is a very common subject of fear. ... Another way to overcome their phobias, one must be supportive and wanting to face their fear or fears. ...
To live is to fear. To fear is to be challenged. ... Now, one's stature in life, one's career, one's financial situation, one's possessions never make the man. It is in the heart, with the wise and mature use of the mind, that makes the man. ... Did Christ have fears? ...
What is fear? ... The fear of failure can also scare people; fearing failure is like fearing death. ... If while you are doing that you are thinking the boogie-man is just around the next corner, then you are going be thinking you're in danger, and your emotion of fear will be reacting. ... Fear of failure is one of the greatest fears people have. Fear of failure is closely related to fear of criticism and fear of rejection. ...
A man dressed in all black came for us. ... " said a man wearing a white shirt. Nobody could see the fear I was going through. ... He was a small middle-aged man with grey hair. ... Now, without fear I could apply for jobs that had always interested me. ...
Steered by Fear Can fear cause an uncontrolled action, or can we control our feelings? ... The period of his terrible horror is replaced by a short period of satisfaction, since the cause for his misfortune was abolished, he murdered the man with the suspicious eyes: "Yes, he was stone, stone dead. ... But suddenly the narrator was overcome by fear again - The worst fear, he ever felt. He could hear the dead man. ... The narrator was totally steered by his own fear. ...
The intoxicating beauty of the secluded areas I found overcame any fear of loneliness that lingered in the shadows of my mind. ... I received a ride from a man who was going home for the weekend; we traveled the Cassiar Highway for over an hour when we came to his turn-off. ... Fear mixes with apprehension and sets in to take over any rational thoughts, and I"m not sure why this is happening. ... * * * * * On any given day, a young man could hike 20 to 30 miles in a day's time, allowing for the weight of his pack and physical condition, but with this newfound fear driving me,...
He is a fairly middle-aged man who now has a slight gimp in his leg. ... Little did he know that is fear of climbing would come into play as his life, along with his fiancé's is now placed in severe danger. ... Harris is portrayed as kind of a wuss and I didn't think that was very cool, but once the book got more into swing it showed that he turned out to be more of a man than I thought. He was able to overcome his fears and do what was necessary, and that is respectable. ... The Face of Fear. ...
