Fear is created by your perspective on a situation, object or subject. You fear something based on how you perceive it, assessing whether it is a threat to you or not. Once a fear is born, it continues to shape your perspective, intensifying the fear and ensuring that it will persist. When these perspectives are distorted, the fear that drives them can potentially take control of a person's life. As fear grows, observation is limited and obsessive behavior may occur. Once a person's perspective is controlled by their fear, their quality of life declines, contributing to pessimism and lack of social connections. In the article Seeing through Feeling: Virtues, Skills, and Moral Perceptions, one of Aristotle's famous quotes is used to relate perception to decision-making. “When it comes to thinking about what to do, ultimately the decision comes down to perception.” Fear is created by perspective. Once a fear is born, it can prevent a person from observing clearly, which can distort their perspective. When you do not interpret your environment accurately, you will fear things that should not be feared or that are not perceived to the extent that they are perceived. In the 1984 film, a nagging fear prevents Winston from observing the details of the underground room: but he barely notices his surroundings. All he noticed was that there were two small tables right in front of him (Orwell 5). O'Brian controls what Winston is able to watch, giving him the power to control the dynamics of the situation: he was strapped so tightly to a chair that he could not move anything, not even his head (Orwell 7). Due to this position, Winston cannot clearly observe his surroundings change his perception through fear middle of paper......sm. " Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 8.4 (2005): 353-69. Web. May 22, 2011. DeNoon, Daniel J. "Fear of Wired Public Speaking." Web MD Print. Elliott, TS Love Song by J. Alfred Prufrock: Greville, 2008. Print. Robert and John Carrera. Madison, WI: Quercus, 1993. Print. patients with belonephobia”, April 28, 2007. Web. May 22, 2011. Orwell, George 1984. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Print. Vivianne HM and Michael Siegrist. “Exploring the triangular relationship between trust, affect and risk perception: a literature review” Risk Management 10.3 (2008): May 22.. 2011.