Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror

Evidence

And the fear returned, no longer the hot, brutal breath of panic that had catapulted them inside the blockhouse, but a marvelous, almost appealing terror that Grange felt rising from the depths of his childhood—from fairy tales: the terror of children lost in the woods at twilight, listening to the faraway branches crack beneath the dreadful heels of the seven-league boots. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420
• XREF: connects to: Extreme bodily shock can produce relief resembling closure rather than terror — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 482; A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436; People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509 (+9 more)

Library Connections

• Perspective shifts can transform fear into relief. #complicates (0.55) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 221

Broader Connections

• A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm #corroborates (0.78) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436
• People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate #corroborates (0.75) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509
• Extreme bodily shock can produce relief resembling closure rather than terror #corroborates (0.72) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 482
• A militarized frontier can feel enchanted and alive rather than threatening #corroborates (0.71) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 195
• Passive drift toward disaster can feel seductive rather than frightening #expands (0.70) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 293
• Extreme fear can shrink a person’s presence to something almost weightless #exemplifies (0.68) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 427
• The uncanny surfaces when foreign scenes trigger repressed childhood imagery. #responds-to (0.65)
• Sustained terror normalizes precaution until fear becomes habit #complicates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1583