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    The Truth About Lies

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    Emily Transtrum March 20th‚ 2012 Honors English Block 2 The Truth About Lies Lies are perpetually told in order to conceal the truth‚ for a hope that the lies told will delight and bring happiness and joy. In reality lies can only bring one thing‚ trouble and nuisance. The lies are displayed in tragic love tale by Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. In this play lies destroy the lives of not only Romeo and Juliet‚ but all the people around them. The destroying power of lies is shown by the lies

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    Midterm Essay on Truth

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    Set 4 22 January 2013 Midterm Essay Sometimes the truth has the ability to imprison one’s self; other times it can set one free. Either way‚ the truth is something that can decide one’s fate. Society often decides what is true and what is false; however‚ sometimes these truths are indeed a lie. In order to come to the realization that what was once perceived true is actually a lie‚ one must embark on a trek to discover the genuine truth. As evidenced by Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ Arthur

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    The Other Side Of Truth

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    The Other Side of Truth Beverly Naidoo’s interesting novel ‘The Other Side of Truth’ shows how telling the truth at all times may become an issue in certain scenarios. In this novel two Nigerian children‚ Sade and Femi‚ have to flee to England without anyone else they know‚ after their mother is shot by the Nigerian government‚ in order to be safe. Naidoo emphasises the difficulties that always telling the truth can cause‚ through the theme of problems with the truth. I will explain how Naidoo conveys

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    pretty much thinks that it is one’s duty to speak the truth‚ although this moral principle is not taken unconditionally in the world today. This is a duty because it is every man’s right to know the truth and lying to anyone would be taking this right away‚ which mortals should not have the power to do. However‚ if a man throws this right away‚ through committing evil acts that are opposed to the good of mankind‚ he no longer has a right to the truth and he can be lied to. Also‚ if a one forces another

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    The Truth About Lies

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    In the documentary (Did) Honesty- The Truth about Lies‚ the professor Dan Ariely showed to his audience about the results of the experiments about how we lie to others‚ but particularly to ourselves. The Professor pictures his findings about the human nature and the rationalization about how everyone is dishonest to a lesser or great extent. This documentary makes any one to questioning about the explanations that we give ourselves about how the lie is justifiable and permissible. His assumptions

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    Tell Truth

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    The viciousness of Humanity in Hosseini’s A thousand splendid suns Brendan Blythe Miss Ebert April 16‚ 2013 ENG 4U In a world full of hatred and sins‚ humans have been known to do evil to one another. Some people do evil actions for good intension‚ on the other hand most people do evil for their selfishness and desire for power. In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ it is thought that the characters and society have shown cruelty and inhumanity among other characters. Hatred of humanity

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    The moment of truth

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    Texting While Driving vs Drinking While Driving For decades‚ drunk driving has been at the forefront of debate. Stricter laws have been passed across the nation leading to a decrease in drunk driving accidents. However‚ a new driving threat is quickly taking its place. That threat is texting while driving and many say that it is actually more dangerous than drunk driving. Texting while driving a vehicle has now replaced drinking while driving as the leading cause of accidents and deaths of teenage

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    Truth in Superstitions

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    There are some people who believe in superstitions. They would follow certain “rules” that most of the time may make no sense. They’ll just say you that it is bad luck to do certain things. So what is the basis of these beliefs? Superstitions are beliefs that one event leads to the cause of another event without any physical process linking them. Oftentimes these were just based on events that happened by chance or coincidence. Others may just happen to be repetitious. Yet still others are just

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    Sleeping Freshman Never Lie is about the freshman Scott. He is starting high school at Zengar High. About twenty pages into the story he learns that his mom is pregnant. At that point he realizes that he should write a book of advice for his new sibling. Throughout the story he learns many things. Things from losing best friends to what to sign and not sign up for. Everything is narrated in first person so you are in Scott’s shoes the whole time. This helps because you learn about his opinions and

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    To Live a Lie or Die with Honor John Proctor is faced with an irreversible decision that ultimately determines his fate. Should he lie‚ living with the consequences of being named a witch or should he die‚ honoring himself and keep his soul free of the devil. The decision faced before him couldn’t have been an easy one. He had been faced with so many trials that his final choice determines if any one of them was in vain. Proctor had to make his own judgment and self-determine his fate. I believe

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