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    Tell the Truth or Not Vane Suzhou Experimental High school Tell the Truth or Not When we were young‚ our parents and teachers always instructed us to be honest and never lie to others. However‚ when we gradually grew up‚ this instruction was not effective any more as it is nearly impossible for us to always tell the truth in their lives. Besides‚ sometimes it is better for us to lie rather than tell the truth in that we can maintain the relationship with others and protect others by lying. Many

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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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    Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant — Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant is a poem by Emily Dickenson written in 1263. The poem describes how telling the truth is the best. The main theme of this poem is the truth; the whole poem basically goes on and on about the amazement and dazzling awesomeness of telling the truth. In this poem the author means by the truth‚ is the truth about life‚ and living in a true and honest way and the truth of god. She means the truth by who we are and what are we

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    Analysis Tell all the Truth but tell it slant is one of Dickinson’s poems. In this poem‚ she is telling us to tell the truth in a way that would not hurt someone. In line one‚ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-”. She tells us that we should tell the truth‚ but we should twisted it a little or tell half of the truth. According to line two‚ “Success in Circuit lies”. In this line‚ she believes that we should not directly tell the truth‚ but to circle around it‚ then the truth would not be too

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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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    In the current social context‚ some people say that lying is a form of dishonesty. They live so truthful that they never lie. The truth is good. But in my opinion‚ there are circumstances in which it is better to lie. Basically‚ there are two purposes of lying‚ which is lying with an evil motive and lying with a good intention‚ or more commonly called as “white lies”. Unquestionably‚ one should always abstain oneself from cheating‚ as it involves gains for one party in the sacrifice of

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    Topic: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) By Emily Dickinson Can we handle the truth? The truth for better or worse is always a powerful point that people can make. When I was young telling the truth was always very important‚ but at times it can be hard. Sometimes the truth hurts and sometimes for the better depending on the situation. On Emily Dickinson’s famous poem she analyzes the power of truth and the honest way to tell it. The poet is clearly interested in truth by reading

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    “The media has an obligation to always tell the truth.” Do you agree? Martin Luther once said‚ “Peace if possible‚ truth at all costs.” Before we attempt to answer whether the media has an obligation to always tell the truth‚ we need to first make clear the definitions of media and always in the context of this question. The media refers to all types of media regardless of whether it is print media‚ news on the radio or television media. It however excludes gossip tabloids and the likes since such

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    Emily Dickinson’s Tell all Truth but tell it Slant The poem Tell all Truth but tell it Slant it’s explained on how telling bits of the truth is better than telling the whole truth or even a lie. Line 1: Opens the poem. Stating you should tell the truth but slightly‚ a white lie‚ telling what is necessary. Line 2: States that you’ll be more successful in a circle full of lies. To elaborate on this‚ I’m saying from my understanding is the usually when the truth is told it may be hurtful to the person

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    Truth Burns The truth is like a flash bomb‚ so bright and clear‚ and when someone is not ready the light will leave them temporary blind. She explains from the first two that truth should always be informed‚ but in a indirect way‚ so it will not leave both the informer and receiver vulnerable. After her first line stating her topic of this poem “Tell all truth but tell it slant” the upcoming six lines were all her indicating her topic but in different ways and different metaphor. From

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