Evidence
There was a terror so naked in these round, red, apparently lidless eyes that the man seemed tiny and imponderable: one might have picked him out from behind that tree trunk with one hand. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 427
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420; A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436; Extreme bodily shock can produce relief resembling closure rather than terror — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 482 (+11 more)
Broader Connections
- Extreme battlefield noise can annihilate thought and reduce a person to helpless reflex
#expands(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 424 - People instinctively generate noise to assert existence against overwhelming emptiness
#expands(0.73) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 224 - Extreme urban noise can override a person’s own self-image and defenses
#expands(0.72) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 32 - Severe trauma can sever a person’s felt continuity with their own life
#expands(0.70) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 510 - Anticipatory dread of loss can coexist with intense present happiness
#corroborates(0.68) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 268 - Extreme bodily shock can produce relief resembling closure rather than terror
#qualifies(0.65) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 482