an essay to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
Many people live with fear in their lives. They let their fear of something control them, for example, if they are afraid of spiders, it may be hard for them to do things that require contact with a spider.
Fear rules the lives of many, some young and scared others more mature yet still live with fear. As a young child, the thought of a monster under their bed is unbearable. It cannot be thought through enough to decide the unreasonable part of a monster living. After becoming a mature adult, actions are the cause of nightmares in their sleep, whether it was witnessed or done by their own hands. In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck, such fear released the truth of what they saw. Without fear, most people in this world would learn nothing from their mistakes and actions.
The difference between fear and danger is that in danger, it is necessary to think quickly. In fear, it is hard not to be too scared to think; therefore most actions are not the best. There is a time, though, that when the need to protect a loved one from fear, overcomes the fear on the outside, and helps make the right decisions. When lost in the cave with the fearful Becky, the strength to keep on going was hard to come by. Between loss of food, and a shortage of sleep, a soft descent into death didn’t seem so bad for Tom, but the thought of Becky leaving the world so young was unbearable. The fear from this thought fueled Tom to find an exit from the cave to save their lives.
Fear can control the shadows of the night while you sleep, as much as the daytime. As a witness to a vicious murder, the fear of Huck and Tom is unbearable. The fear is strong enough to control their minds, their actions and words are no longer their own. With an inhuman murderer on the loose, the thought of him lurking in the shadows is punishment enough for sneaking out to the graveyard, the crime scene of the murder. Though the consequence of their actions was fear, it is a reward for the innocent witness who is still partially guilty. Their wrong mistake saved the life of a framed murderer, while taking the life of the guilty man. Most wrongs come with a consequence, something to help the person remember not to make the mistake again, yet some wrongs will also come with a reward.
Fear can toy with our minds, causing us the pain of death. It can cause us to go paranoid, forgetting the simple thoughts of reality. Yet even with all of this, if fear didn’t exist, we would never learn from those mistakes caused by fear controlled actions. It is hard to enjoy fear, as Tom learns in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but it is needed in our world as a painful reminder of evil. This world, though, doesn’t need to be surrounded by fear, because the enemy of fear, love, is needed just as much. Within the world, a balance of good and evil is needed; otherwise one would have too much power over everything.
Many people live with fear in their lives. They let their fear of something control them, for example, if they are afraid of spiders, it may be hard for them to do things that require contact with a spider.
Fear rules the lives of many, some young and scared others more mature yet still live with fear. As a young child, the thought of a monster under their bed is unbearable. It cannot be thought through enough to decide the unreasonable part of a monster living. After becoming a mature adult, actions are the cause of nightmares in their sleep, whether it was witnessed or done by their own hands. In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck, such fear released the truth of what they saw. Without fear, most people in this world would learn nothing from their mistakes and actions.
The difference between fear and danger is that in danger, it is necessary to think quickly. In fear, it is hard not to be too scared to think; therefore most actions are not the best. There is a time, though, that when the need to protect a loved one from fear, overcomes the fear on the outside, and helps make the right decisions. When lost in the cave with the fearful Becky, the strength to keep on going was hard to come by. Between loss of food, and a shortage of sleep, a soft descent into death didn’t seem so bad for Tom, but the thought of Becky leaving the world so young was unbearable. The fear from this thought fueled Tom to find an exit from the cave to save their lives.
Fear can control the shadows of the night while you sleep, as much as the daytime. As a witness to a vicious murder, the fear of Huck and Tom is unbearable. The fear is strong enough to control their minds, their actions and words are no longer their own. With an inhuman murderer on the loose, the thought of him lurking in the shadows is punishment enough for sneaking out to the graveyard, the crime scene of the murder. Though the consequence of their actions was fear, it is a reward for the innocent witness who is still partially guilty. Their wrong mistake saved the life of a framed murderer, while taking the life of the guilty man. Most wrongs come with a consequence, something to help the person remember not to make the mistake again, yet some wrongs will also come with a reward.
Fear can toy with our minds, causing us the pain of death. It can cause us to go paranoid, forgetting the simple thoughts of reality. Yet even with all of this, if fear didn’t exist, we would never learn from those mistakes caused by fear controlled actions. It is hard to enjoy fear, as Tom learns in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but it is needed in our world as a painful reminder of evil. This world, though, doesn’t need to be surrounded by fear, because the enemy of fear, love, is needed just as much. Within the world, a balance of good and evil is needed; otherwise one would have too much power over everything.
