The Impact of Fear


    I believe that fear is with every single person. Even if they act tough, deep down we all have a fear of something. I completely agree with Glassner and Gerbner's argument. Media is a huge reason why our fear is this evident and strong. When on television there is stories about fear you are likely going to want to pay attention to that one instead of a happy news report. The media constantly is showing traumatic news reports convincing you that this world is not safe. We can't give fear that power to control our emotions and make us fearful. We have to think of happiness and not live everyday with something on our mind.
    Earlier this week, I read a story called "Once Upon A Time" by Nadine Gordimer. She creates a story that does not have a happy ending. The family in the story is so consumed about worrying about what they have to buy for protection against the outside world that they don't realize how much it is destroying them and their family. Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Lets not let fear hinder our lives. 

The Story from the Other Side Revised

Original: Telling the story from a female's point of view does impact the story in many ways and shows new leadership and way to see it from a different point of view. The fact that Persepolis is told from a female's point of view does impact the story.

Revised: When you hear the point of view from a female it completely changes your thought on that specific time or event in ways that females experienced different things then men did, including how they must act and dress. In addition, the fact that Persepolis is told from a female's point of view shows a new found leadership in women and that they are now able to tell there side of the story and become more independent and have more freedom.

In my first submission it was way to general and broad. I didn't get into detail on what I really thought and just put the points on the paper that I was trying to make. Reading over my first submission, I had mixed feelings on how I felt about it. I don't think it was terrible, but I think that I could've improved by not being as broad and being more specific. This experience will help me in the next in-class essay because I have now learned how to write a successful in-class essay by going more into details.

Thoughts on the Different Images

When I first glanced at the first picture I saw a group of women having fun and being happy with not a care in the world about what they dress or look like. In contrary, in the second image I see a group of women who seem distant, quiet, and separated from the rest of the world. To me, I see women who are unhappy and feel like an outsider. If I had grown up seeing the first image of Iranian women, my idea of Iran and Iranian women would be that they are happy and just like everyone else living their life in joy and being free. In my opinion, I do not benefit from seeing the second image, personally it makes me sad to think that that is in the media and that picture is the only thing children think of when they think about Iranian women. Although, I do think that our government benefits from it because they want us to see them like we do in the second picture. These images are both of the same people, culture, and religion, just a different time and place.

A Picture that Speaks to You

I have chosen this image to be the one image that speaks to me the most. This image to me is the definition of what life should be about; love and happiness. You can see in this image that the boy and girl have a bond of friendship that will last them for a lifetime, and they will never let each other go. This picture speaks to me and is more powerful than words for me because if they had just told me how good of friends they were I wouldn't have believed them until I saw it with my own eyes. This picture shows you that you should't care about the bad things in life and only look at the positives. By seeing images you feel the passion and emotion versus just reading them on a piece of paper which doesn't give the same effect. Although there are many other pictures that mean a lot to me, I choose this one because of its significance and impact.