That would not explain
their fear of vacuum cleaners, TV's or washing machines or explain why sometimes they cower and balk when going through doorways - unless of course a man had beaten them with a vacuum cleaner while they were tied to a washing machine in a doorway with a TV on loud in the background.
Not exact matches
They may
fear things like: dogs, or thunderstorms or even just the sound
of the
vacuum cleaner.
Your preschooler's imagination is taking off: Playing make - believe is a hallmark
of this age, along with
fears about imaginary monsters and more ordinary things such as the dark or the
vacuum cleaner.
This way they quickly learn to accept things, such as the sound
of the
vacuum cleaner, without
fear.
It's no surprise to anyone who has lived with a cat that the primary
fears involve any kind
of loud noise such as a
vacuum cleaner; the presence
of large, loud or aggressive dogs, and anything new or different.
By portraying the constant
fear of dirt — and obsessions to remove it with a
vacuum cleaner — Rosen's film splendidly confronts pervasive xenophobia.