Superstitions Continue To Thrive - Muna Almumalah 9A

 

                                                              Superstitions Continue To Thrive

   Have superstitions ever really gone extinct? “superstitions are defined as a belief or way of behaving based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck. A belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck” (Britannica, 16/12/2023) as they are found in many pieces of recent literature like “negative mirror” and “superstitions”. As a social studies expert, I believe that people still believe in superstitions to a fair extent as they include them in recent literature pieces and include the spread of people fearing the unknown.

  After the spread of war, COVID-19, and more unexpected life events, people developed a sense of fear for the unknown which resulted in finding comfort in superstitions to protect themselves from bad luck. “fear is the main source of superstition” (Rusell by Bertrand Rusell). Fear impacts writers and causes them to find comfort in including superstitions in their literature pieces.

  It has become very common to read a recent piece of literature that includes superstition, causing a spread of people believing in them. After reading “Superstitions ” which was published recently, the writer expresses their fear that whistling could cause bad luck which helped in the spread of superstitions.  Some people could disagree and claim that superstitions are dead but that means they haven’t seen the reviews of books and poems which hundreds of people who now believe in superstitions, causing them to spread more.

   A person could say that superstitions are not believed in anymore but to me and all people who believe in superstitions, we are sorry to tell you that you have got some reading to do! Whether if its “Superstitions” or any other books or poems that include superstitions.

  Fear of the unknown allows people to believe in superstitions as they would rather find comfort in believing in something rather than it staying a mystery, inclusion of superstitions in recent pieces of literature persuades the reader to believe in superstitions. After all my studies and the points I have mentioned, I am sure that superstitions are believed in to a further extent than you think. In the end, each person is free to believe in whatever brings them comfort.

 


Work cited.

The image:  Nagpal, Ayushe. “Superstitions: The Bad Luck.” Medium, 23 Mar. 2018, https://medium.com/@ayushe.nagpal/superstitions-the-bad-luck-ff1fa1f95ace.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/dictionary/superstition.
 
Russell, Bertrand. Unpopular Essays, by Bertrand Russell. Allen & Unwin.

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