The Pura Principle

Overall, I thought that it was an interesting read. It was a short story based on a family who's father was gone and out of two sons, the older one was diagnosed with leukemia. It opens up by describing the hardships thee family already goes through and then how it changes as the son is taken out of chemo therapy. The main point of the story was about how the son had met a woman who didn't have any papers and how a relationship formed that was extremely harmful to the whole family. The couple ended up having a baby but had to continuously steal money from the mother because they had no jobs. Although they split up, the relationship costed everlasting damage on the entire family. The genre kept it interesting in that they were able to share an entire story in only a few pages. Also, the bits of Spanish and dialogue throughout the story really helped to connect you to the situation that was at hand.

Waltz with Bashir

One scene that stood out to me in the movie was when Folman went and was visiting Roni Dayag and he was recalling events from his past. The scene started out with his group of men in the tank riding along the countryside and having a good time. They were listening and singing along to music, eating and having a good look around while there was no action. Then all of a sudden, things went from good to horrible. One of his friends had gotten shot and died instantly and they were stunned. And then they started getting fired upon and had to leave their tank and run. Evveryone had dided except for him and he felt alone. This scene stood out because you can never imagine having such a great time and then all of a sudden that mood can be completely changed.

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1. Ruiter, Robert A.C. "The Role of Coping Appraisal in Reactions to Fear Appeals: Do We Need Threat Ionformation?" Journal of Health Psychology. July 2003. Vol. 8 No. 4. 3 April 2011. <http://hpq.sagepub.com/content/8/4/465.short#cited-by>

This article is important because it talks about how the threat of fear has no relation to coping appraisals on controlling fear.

2. Davis, Michael. "The Role of the Amygdala in Fear and Anxiety." Annual Reviews Inc. 1992, Vol. 15: 353-75. 3 April 2011. <http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.ne.15.030192.002033>

This article is important because it discusses how the amygdala is related in the functioning of fear and anxiety.

3. Job, Soames R F. "Effective and ineffective use of fear in health promotion campaigns." American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 78 Issue 2. 1988. 3 April 2011. <http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/78/2/163>

This article is important because it talks about the different methods in which fear can be used to promote certain things such as health campaigns. 

4. Harpur, Timothy J. "Two-Factor Conceptualization of Psychopathy: Construct Validity and Assessment Implications." Psychological Assessment. Vol. 1 Issue 1. 1989. 3 April 2011. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WYX-46X49P9-1N&_user=961305&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F1989&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1704014296&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000049425&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=961305&md5=6a621ddb211118949de05322431fb84f&searchtype=a>

This article is important because it discusses a mental disorder known as Psychopathy from ASPD and how individuals with this illness suffer from fearlessness.

5. Cox, D. "An experimental analysis of fearlessness and courage." British Journal of Psychology. Vol. 74 Issue 1. Feb. 1983. 3 April 2011. <http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=1983-32210-001>

This article is important because it is an experiment done that involves to groups and measures their fearlessness and courage based on how they were conditioned before.