3 things your most afraid of

Good then you can correct me if I'm mistaken. *s*

Wasn't the face placed thru the side of a cage containing a starving rat?

 

What ?????

 

Literature Network>George Orwell>1984>Chapter 5

Chapter 5

At each stage of his imprisonment he had known, or seemed to know, whereabouts he was in the windowless building. Possibly there were slight differences in the air pressure. The cells where the guards had beaten him were below ground level. The room where he had been interrogated by O'Brien was high up near the roof. This place was many metres underground, as deep down as it was possible to go.

It was bigger than most of the cells he had been in. But he hardly noticed his surroundings. All he noticed was that there were two small tables straight in front of him, each covered with green baize. One was only a metre or two from him, the other was further away, near the door. He was strapped upright in a chair, so tightly that he could move nothing, not even his head. A sort of pad gripped his head from behind, forcing him to look straight in front of him.

For a moment he was alone, then the door opened and O'Brien came in.

'You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.'

The door opened again. A guard came in, carrying something made of wire, a box or basket of some kind. He set it down on the further table. Because of the position in which O'Brien was standing. Winston could not see what the thing was.

'The worst thing in the world,' said O'Brien, 'varies from individual to individual. It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths. There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even fatal.'

He had moved a little to one side, so that Winston had a better view of the thing on the table. It was an oblong wire cage with a handle on top for carrying it by. Fixed to the front of it was something that looked like a fencing mask, with the concave side outwards. Although it was three or four metres away from him, he could see that the cage was divided lengthways into two compartments, and that there was some kind of creature in each. They were rats.

'In your case,' said O'Brien, 'the worst thing in the world happens to be rats.'

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Wow.....It would be cool to spend a bit of time in the mind of the author....luckily , I dont fear rats !!!!

 

It would be wouldn't it?
I can't help but believe they (authors) are no different than the rest of us.
ie: their works display different personality facets than the ones displayed while chewing the fat swinging on the porch...

 

The unknown; everyone fears what is unknown.

Also, I have a completely illogical fear of bananas. No, this does not mean I have a fear of penises.. just bananas.

And, well, I fear the government.

 

I adored that book.

 

Bush

 

Clowns. Ugh...

Deep water.

And mirrors.

 

Loss of my induiduality
Injury or loss of my family and friends
Mosquitoes

 

hmmmmm......

the idea of losing control of my body but having my mind totally fine, just imprisoned in my body freaks my out

I'm scared of...causing more misery in the world than I do joy

and i'm terrified of birds. Irrational phobia!

 

suicide bombers
bent cops
love (the damage it can do)

 

I am only afraid of 2 things. the dark, Heights, but I can fly on a plane...

 

~Ants (if they're near me. I respect them for their teamwork and loyalty to each other and the hill, but last summer I saw 2 ants on my skirt and I started running around, flipping out, and the only thing that stopped me- barely- from throwing off my skirt was that we were outside the mall and there were teenage guys everywhere)
~Having a psycho-killer be standing there when I bring my head up from the bathroom sink and see him in the mirror
~Growing up and slowly losing bits and pieces of myself until I'm just one of those people in a suit working at a bank going "Yeah, I used to be a hippie. I was really cool when I was younger, actually. I used to blah blah blah but then responsibility happened."

 

1. Disorder
2. Loss of my bf
3. shrimp

Peace and love

 

1. loosing my husband
2. being alone (although kinda ties in with #1)
3. becoming paralyzed

 

Too close spaces with no windows. I can stand elevators but if I got stuck in one I might go nuts.

Careless drivers. I have no respect for poser drivers.

Can't think of a 3rd thing.

 

Physical Pain
Heights
Falling Pregnant

 

Death
Pain
Torture

 

why should you fear anything? nothing lasts, things are inevitable..get over it.