Truth is Truth‚ Lying is Lying Judith Viorst describes in her essay “The Truth about Lying‚” a very interesting and intellectual composition. The author has made a great exertion to try to present four different kinds of lies people tell in their daily life. She has separated them into four sub-groups: Social Lies‚ Peace-Keeping Lies‚ and Protective Lies‚ and Trust-Keeping Lies‚ and uses headings to separate them. She has used a lot of different techniques to convey her message to the reader. Over
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Lies have powerful effects on all of us based on the lecture “The Truth about Lying” by Judith Viorst. At an early age‚ I found out that lies could change our opinion about the people that lie to us and their credibility. It is not necessary to lie since if we feel that the truth might hurt the other person‚ a polite silence should suffice. As Viorst Says‚ “I suffer most from the misconception that children can’t take the truth” (135). This reminded me of how hurt and devastated I was when I found
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“Better a lie that soothes ‚ than a truth that hurts.” The quote “better a lie that soothes‚ than a truth that hurts” means that it’s better to lie rather than to tell the cold hearted truth. I disagree because if you lie then when the time comes to tell the truth the lies will hurt way more than what it would have been before. Lying only leads to more lying. If you lie once and someone calls you out on that lie then you have to create a bigger lie. You have to adapt to that lie and understand
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an uncomfortable truth is better than a comfortable lie. People do not want to live a life that is false‚ phony or somehow an illusion. This concept is explored in Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show and Arthur Miller’s classic play Death of a Salesman. The Truman Show explores one man’s struggle to uncover the truth about the world he lives in. In Death of a Salesman‚ the responder witnesses the unfolding of one man’s struggle as he comes to terms with an uncomfortable truth (one which he has
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Truth vs. Lying Declan Robinson Spence English 9F Mrs. Stewart November 8th 2010 Everyone knows that you should try to be truthful. However‚ sometimes it is not always that easy to tell the truth sometimes we lie. Reasons for lying could be we are afraid of the unknown‚ we are afraid of what others might think of us‚ we are afraid we will be found out or maybe we are trying to protect someone else’s feelings by lying to them. With these reasons one might say that it is easier to lie than to
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Truth is the only weapon which can make a person win a battle. It is a pen that can write anything without anyone’s terror; it is a game in which who follows its one golden rule can never lose it; it is a tree that never loses its leaves; it is a river that cannot get filthy and dry in any season. Overall it can create heaven or else if not followed properly can ruin the whole world. It is said that to hide one lie we have to speak hundred more lies and that’s true. A lie spoken intentionally means
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Period The Truth About Lying Studies show that the average person lies several times a day. Even the smallest of lies make you stress‚ which can cause your heart rate and breathing to increase‚ digestion to slow down‚ and hypersensitivity of muscle and nerve fibers. These affects may not sound that serious‚ but over time‚ they can lead to conditions that no one would want‚ such as coronary artery disease‚ stroke‚ and congestive heart failure. This could happen all because of lying‚ because when
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people pretend to like someone or something more than they actually do (“Your muffins are the best!”). Adapted from Allison Kornet‚ “The Truth About Lying” Assignment: Is deception ever justified? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading‚ studies‚ experience or
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2014 Truth Loving Have you ever told a lie in the past that somehow found its way to your future? Lies‚ no matter the size or even the date that you told them‚ may create one heck of a mess. In contemporary society‚ most individuals lie on a daily basis and in some cases do so without realizing that they aren’t telling the whole truth. Unfortunately‚ lying has proven itself to be a negative aspect in our past and still holds itself to be a negative aspect in present day life. Lying is not only harming society and our social order
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1. Richard. A and Friedman M.D. “BEHAVIOR; Truth About Lies: They Tell a Lot About a Liar.” The New York Times (2003). 17 Jun 2016. I am interested in this New York Times’s article because it focuses on slightly different perspective compared with other articles. Most of the websites that have read are based on people who lie and the other side of people who are lied. However‚ Richard. A and Friedman M.D. introduce us that antisocial people are
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