“Sometimes I ain’t so sho who’s got him a right to say a man is crazy and when he ain’t. Sometimes I think there ain’t none of us pure crazy and ain’t none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”
What?
Idiosyncrasy! Everybody has at least one. What’s yours? 😉
Scapegoat? Yes, the word’s root is really goat!
“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.”
Discuss:
- What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
- What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
- Why do we like to be scared sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
- How does fear affect the decisions you make?
- In general, what are (most) humans scared of?
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning? (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
- Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared?)