Kaur English 1100 Professor Joakin Nilsson 5 June‚ 2012 The Ways We Lie Summary In “The Ways We Lie‚” Stephanie Ericsson presents the idea about how lies exist in the everyday aspects of our lives. She describes ten different forms of lies that individuals use. She defines a lie as “a false statement or action especially made with the intend to deceive” on page no.409 of Bedford Reader. In her essay she argues that everybody lies and tries to find excuses to justify it
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People may lie a couple times‚ but that doesn’t make them are liar. Your lying depends on the situation that you encounter. Some people think that lying is the worst thing; and on the contrast other people think that sometimes it would be necessary to lie. Lying can be acceptable on the situation‚ if there good intention behind it .For instance‚ if you think that I am giving my friend a moral to make him happy‚ then that kind of lying would be appropriate and acceptable. Wouldn’t be embarrassed for
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While reading “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “Here Dead We Lie” by A.E. Housman‚ I made sure to decode every word that the poems contained in order to self-interpret the pieces of literature. These World War I based poems carry significant stories of our once war torn planet. For example‚ “Here Dead We Lie” is a short‚ yet meaningful‚ poem about nationalism and pride towards ones country. In this poem‚ the author discusses the fact that soldiers often chose to die for their country instead
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someone else. The meaning of this quote to me is very relatable in a lot of ways‚ being right out of high school I know what its like to have been lied to and feeling like an idiot because you probably believed something that someone told you‚ you thought was the truth then ended up finding out it was all a lie. People will always find out the truth even if you don’t tell them straight up. So why do we lie? We all have done it and we know its not right
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revisiting Ericsson’s interpretation of the ways we lie‚ I stumbled upon a quote were she stated “It is an act of subtle arrogance for anyone to decide what is best for anyone else”. She was inferring that an individual can not imply that their suggestion is the best option for anyone else. Clearly‚ that statement is true for numerous reasons. An individual can not state a suggestion towards someone saying it is best for them. While in reality‚ it’s just a faulty lie. People would rather give inaccuracy
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think Ericsson adopts a confessional strategy by admitting she tells lies to support her thesis that "We lie. We all do." (3). The author begins her narrative with a "lie"‚ "The bank called today and I told them my deposit was in the mail‚ even though I hadn’t written a check yet." (1). The effect is strong‚ capturing reader’s immediate attention and getting immediately to her main point at that we all laying for whatever reason. 2. By classifying lies the author tries to distinguish the reasons why
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Have you ever thought of how much you lie? How many times did you lie today? Many people lie about lying? More than you could imagine. I could try and be honest by saying that during this week‚ I wrote a journal that made me realized that I lie more than I even knew. I tried to keep track of my daily lies by writing it down but I wasn’t too honest‚ and I spiked a couple of lies. Is that consider lying too or just keeping the truth to myself? Either way‚ I was too embarrassed to confess that I have
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cognitive skill. We have it for the sole purpose of survival. Which is how it is for any social species. We lie to protect our ourselves and others from harm. Yet there are some types of lies that can cause more havoc than good. For my experiment or study‚ I am examining what factors incline us to lie the most. Also how they affect our society in a negative or positive way? First of all‚ what is a lie anyway? A lie‚ according to google‚ is an intentionally false statement. Which in a way is correct
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greatly from a single act of lie. A very good number of young people today‚ when asked why they lie to their spouse‚ the answer is always -To protect them. Protect who? I don’t see how lying protects anyone‚most especially the people we claim to love‚because lies itself means false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. Therefore‚ how can we claim to love someone with whom we deliberately deceive? Lies is a box of false illusion. On lying to our spouse‚ we are sometimes under the illusion
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Why we lie Lying has been around since the creation of human. Adam and Eve lied to god because they were scared after they ate from the forbidden apple tree. There are lots of reasons that could make people tell lies‚ Even though each reason might be different from the other in the end they all of them stem from one root cause which is being unable to bear the consequences of telling the truth. On the other hand‚ sometimes we lie because the truth may hurt someone we care about so we lie and
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