- Astraphobia, fear for thunder and lightning. This phobia can have many impact on everyone (children and adults). Strong thunder cause people to think abnormally. Lightning, the flash of light makes people think of death, thus really scares them and make them quiet and sleepy.
- Thanatophobia, fear for death. This mainly affects elders and people who believed in superstitions. In fact, no one wants to die and these can really affects people emotionally.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Fear
The grandfather's fear was abnormal. Fear can be indicated by many signs, the man(grandfather) was unable to speak too much and sometimes when asked by the boy he just scratch his beard and say nothing. The man kept on telling Richard: "you sit still and you be quiet" he said. At the end of the story it was evidently that the man had a fear for death. After a star fell down the man started thinking about death, his wife age and his mind became restless. He began to sweat and he was only thinking of a fallen star and pay less attention to what the boy was saying to him.
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yes,thats true!the grandfather's fear was nauty beyond the nautyness.That is not normal to scare such a thing,it doesn't make sence at all.Regardness of wether it is caused by falling star or not,the fact is that he will die.Or is he maybe was scared only the death of the falling star?
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ReplyDeleteto my understanding the old man fear is normal.he was just afraid and shocked of the shooting star.his fear is not a phobia and thats make it normal.
I dont agree.I see grandfather's fear normal he has certain superstitions that a falling star means death, that makes him afraid. The other thing is also that he is old and it seems like all old aged people tend to fear their own death.Indeed everyone in life has specific phobias but grandfather's fear was just normal.
ReplyDeletehello Fanuel i do agree with you. i also think that grandfathers fear was abnormal because he was just afraid of death since he saw a falling star and he believe that a falling star means death.the symptoms he was showing are for phobias thats why i am supporting you that it was not normal fears.
ReplyDeletefear is something that every one have in their lives same apply to the boy and his grandfather
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