Question #4:
In " The Elevator ", Martin is shown to let his fear of elevators get the best of him which is why he avoided taking it and used the stairs which in end, resulted in him fracturing his leg from falling. An example is, "He ran for the stairs. Luckilty, the unlit on which he fell was between sixteen and fifteen. He had only has to drag himself up one a half flights with terrible pain in his leg, His father was silent on the way to the hospital, dissappointed and annoyed at him for being such a coward and a feel". This story shows one of many outcomes of letting your fears control your actions and how this is shown in the story is when Martin, instead of making it easier on himself, decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator because of both his fear of the elevator and the fat lady that he encountered during the time he used the elevator. A good takeaway from this story is to face your fears and not to let your fears control you as by doing that, you can lead to making irrational decisions that end up in bad outcomes, like what happen to Martin, since he let his fear control his actions, he ended up taking the stairs again, which resulted in him fracturing his leg forcing him to take the elevator from now on until his leg has fully healed.