Mark Twain once said, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear" Do you believe Twain's statement to be true or false? Write an argumentative essay either in support of or rejecting this
quotation. You must use at least three pieces of textual evidence, focusing on the author's use of dialogue and
figurative language, from readings in this unit in your essay. Your essay should be at least 500 words in length
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Fear is an involuntary and natural reaction that is present in all human beings and that is directly related to our escape and survival system. Without the presence of fear, the human being would not exist since he would not be able to avoid destructive and dangerous situations.

Even though we know that fear is natural and necessary for our lives, we do not want to feel it. The feeling of fear is uncomfortable and does not provide happiness, however we can only stop having that feeling with the presence of another feeling, courage.

Fear cannot cease to exist, but courage can dominate it, confront it, but never fight it. This is because courage arises when we are able to act despite fear and not in its absence. This was shown by Mark Twain, who normalizes fear through his words, but does not magnify it, allows fear to be flawed and weak, and can be faced by those who dare to have courage.

An example of this could be a situation where you face something that you are afraid to protect someone you love, or even when you have the courage to open a medical exam even in fear of the result.

With this, we can conclude that it is important to normalize the feeling of fear and not to place it on an unattainable and indestructible level, but on a manageable level. In this way, we know that we are able to control it and go through frightening situations in easier ways, with the help of courage and faith.