In Pat Barker's Regeneration, emasculation is a major threat to the war officers at the Craiglockhart Hospital. The patients are struck by the loss in their manliness due to the shocks of war. Anderson dreams he is tied up with corsets; Sassoon remembers a young boy's genitals shot off in the war; Prior remembers his weakness against his father and the influence of his mother; and Rivers even counsels Sassoon on his homosexuality. All of these patients fear emasculation which seems to be a real threat in the war and a real threat in the war hospital. As a result, these patients turn over all power to the nurses and doctors that take care of them, most notably Dr. Rivers who later becomes a father figure to most of them. While the goal of mental treatment in the hospital is to prepare these patients for war service once again, the therapy these patients undergo causes them to be emasculated twice. .
Siegfried Sassoon was one of Rivers most important patients in the hospital. His declaration which clearly states his decision to stop fighting in the war was seen as an act of madness and insanity. Sassoon believes that the purpose of the war has changed the war of liberation and defense has now become a war of aggression. He discusses the sufferance of the army, the betrayal of the government and the "callous complacence" of those at home. As a result of such statement, Sassoon was said to be a crazy fellow and therefore sent to be cured at the mental hospital. It could be said that this act is a sign of emasculation as he wrote this declaration in order to escape the horror and brutality of warfare, as he was no longer able to face it. He acts like a coward who wants to escape the fighting. During his encounter with Rivers, Sassoon recounts his hallucinations of corpses and about things he had to do in the war. He told him," It was just that when I woke up, the nightmares didn't always stop.
It is born in our personalities, some have a lot of fear and some fear nothing at all. As infants one of our first fears is trying to stand up. ... This is the first example of overcoming a fear. ... Fear is something that has been widely studied by psychologists. ... Watson was the pioneer to try and condition fear. ...
There are various ways to classify fear. ... A woman, sitting alone in her car at a red light in a secluded part of town, suddenly sees a man standing at her car window. ... For example, an elderly man realizes that he has lived a long life, but is afraid or unsure of what comes after death. ... Another example of this type of fear deals with fear of God. ... It can be something as small as fear of a stranger or as large as the fear of the end of the world. ...
Fear Fear is a painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of danger; anxiety; alarm or dread. Fear is man's response to the unknown, as one tends to feel apprehensive of what they cannot understand. ... Fear can be many things like a fear of a creature or object also a childhood fear, fear comes in many ways. ... Death is a very common subject of fear. ... Another way to overcome their phobias, one must be supportive and wanting to face their fear or fears. ...
To live is to fear. To fear is to be challenged. ... Now, one's stature in life, one's career, one's financial situation, one's possessions never make the man. It is in the heart, with the wise and mature use of the mind, that makes the man. ... Did Christ have fears? ...
What is fear? ... The fear of failure can also scare people; fearing failure is like fearing death. ... If while you are doing that you are thinking the boogie-man is just around the next corner, then you are going be thinking you're in danger, and your emotion of fear will be reacting. ... Fear of failure is one of the greatest fears people have. Fear of failure is closely related to fear of criticism and fear of rejection. ...
A man dressed in all black came for us. ... " said a man wearing a white shirt. Nobody could see the fear I was going through. ... He was a small middle-aged man with grey hair. ... Now, without fear I could apply for jobs that had always interested me. ...
Steered by Fear Can fear cause an uncontrolled action, or can we control our feelings? ... The period of his terrible horror is replaced by a short period of satisfaction, since the cause for his misfortune was abolished, he murdered the man with the suspicious eyes: "Yes, he was stone, stone dead. ... But suddenly the narrator was overcome by fear again - The worst fear, he ever felt. He could hear the dead man. ... The narrator was totally steered by his own fear. ...
The intoxicating beauty of the secluded areas I found overcame any fear of loneliness that lingered in the shadows of my mind. ... I received a ride from a man who was going home for the weekend; we traveled the Cassiar Highway for over an hour when we came to his turn-off. ... Fear mixes with apprehension and sets in to take over any rational thoughts, and I"m not sure why this is happening. ... * * * * * On any given day, a young man could hike 20 to 30 miles in a day's time, allowing for the weight of his pack and physical condition, but with this newfound fear driving me,...
He is a fairly middle-aged man who now has a slight gimp in his leg. ... Little did he know that is fear of climbing would come into play as his life, along with his fiancé's is now placed in severe danger. ... Harris is portrayed as kind of a wuss and I didn't think that was very cool, but once the book got more into swing it showed that he turned out to be more of a man than I thought. He was able to overcome his fears and do what was necessary, and that is respectable. ... The Face of Fear. ...
