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Fear Escorts the Way to Conformity
Summary: A comparison between "The Crucible," "Joy Luck club," "Black Boy," and their eyes were watching god, and connects the central ideas of fear and conformity.
The award winning, renowned author, Frank Herbert, wrote a fantastic passage about fear in his celebrated novel, entitled, Dune, it reads, "I must not fear. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. (Fallen 96)" In, The Crucible, peoples fear runs their lives and controls their religion. Fear pushes the people of Salem to conform, and go against each other. They try to fight what they are afraid of, and in doing so the good become the evil. In, The Joy Luck Club, fear is present within each individual family. It is in each mothers past and each daughters present. Each character feels they can...
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