Is fear a good motivator? (Brianna)

Is fear a good motivator?  In other words, can you “make” someone do something by instilling FEAR in him or her?  Why/why not?

            Fear can make someone do something they don’t usually do. Fear is a “gray” motivator, meaning it can be a good motivator and then again a bad one also. Fear can motivate someone to do better but can also get a person to do bad or cause harm.

In animal farm the animals gain fear by thinking they are going to be eaten or abused. This causes the animals to turn on the humans to gain their freedom. Fear can cause some one that is doing awful things in their life to do something better before it gets to late. It can also make people protest for good causes, like if a species goes existent then people gain fair of losing that type of animal they will protest. Even if a government is in fear of losing power they will go to extreme measures to make sure nothing bad happens. In other cases in fear of getting bullied some kids are motivated to hurting them self’s or other to stop the harassment. If a country may gain fear that they are over populated and main run out of food sources, they may start killing off people or may send families away to another country.

Fear has gotten people to do the best they can or the worse a person you can be. Fear is a strong feeling like belief and or happiness. But it doesn’t have the same affect on a person. To let fear control you as a person it takes a lot to control if you do bad or good. It depends on what kind of person you are to do bad or good when you have fear in you.