For something we have relatively little of in the first place, control is something many of us dread losing. Maybe that initial scarcity of it is the root of the degree of our fear. After all, you'd be more afraid of spilling a cup of water if it was all the water you had, than if you could easily draw more from a well. One character I focus on this week, Truman Burbank from The Truman Show, spends most of his life unaware of being controlled and manipulated by others. Another, Bodie Broadus from The Wire, is painfully aware of how little control he has, but futilely dreams of gaining more.
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24: People Scream at Carnivals
23: Hostile Hotels
22: Hospital Horrors
21: You Are Never Seen Again
20: Webs We Weave
19: An Ignominious End
18: Depths of Hatred
17: The Electric Chair and Three Shocking Years
16: It's a Mad, Maddening World
15: The Fear of Being Alone
13: Dead and Unburied
12: Buried Alive
11: Fighting With Fear
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