In court, a man explains that he did not hear the police enter his home because he had the television on and is partially deaf. The police say that he was resisting arrest. It makes you wonder, what is truth? Truth is what a person believes to be true. Truth varies from person to person and is imperfect; it is influenced by one’s knowledge, one’s limited view, and one’s emotions. As O’Brien said, “There is no clarity.”
For example, to the villagers of Salem, Massachusetts, their truth was that witches hid among them, attacking them and doing the devil’s work. It was their truth because that was all they knew. Our truth is that the villagers of Salem may have experienced a mass hysteria or were poisoning due to contaminated grains. Our truth
For example, to the villagers of Salem, Massachusetts, their truth was that witches hid among them, attacking them and doing the devil’s work. It was their truth because that was all they knew. Our truth is that the villagers of Salem may have experienced a mass hysteria or were poisoning due to contaminated grains. Our truth