3.Purpose

**3. What is the writer's purpose?**
The writer's purpose is to tell us how fear reveals your personality. "To comprehend something, it must be understood through its confusion and distortion." This quote shows that fear is a powerful presence in one's mind. He wants to distinguish the relationship between him and his fears. Fear is a feeling that a lot of people can relate to. In paragraph one, it proves that he has trouble sleeping. "Sometimes I have trouble sleeping."