Adlai E. Stevenson once said “... the truth is often unpopular…” In other words, the truth is often either untold or bent. In this quote, Stevenson is trying to convey that telling the truth is not always the choice that people choose to make. They always try to bend the truth for themselves so that their sense of dignity and pride would not fade away. It shows that being dishonest is more likely to occur than being truthful. This quote is proven true through two literary works, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and Animal Farm, by George Orwell. In both books, the truth was frequently uninformed in order to protect the leadership and respect of a character. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, SET in Salem, MA in 1692, portrays how the truth is
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The PROTAGONIST and TRAGIC HERO, John Proctor is CHARACTERIZED as dignified, prideful, strong, and guilty. In this play, Abigail’s uncle, Reverend Parris, caught Abigail and a few other girls dancing in the woods one night with his slave Tituba, and after that night Reverend Parris’ daughter, Betty, has not woken up. Everyone misinterpreted this for witchcraft. After all of the commotion and the thoughts of witchcraft coming from the crowd outside of Parris’ home, Betty woke up and screamed out that Abigail has to tell the truth about drinking the chicken’s blood which would make Proctor love her again or Betty will tell the truth herself. Abigail then threatened Betty and all of the other girls with violence if they do not keep their mouths shut about the blood. Despite the dilemmas that have arisen, Abigail and the girls did not tell the truth about what had occurred that night. Throughout the entire book, Abigail kept the drinking of the blood a secret because it can make everyone go against her and take away the power that she is gaining. This example connects back to the thesis because Abigail Williams kept the truth a secret and never told anyone what really happened that night because it could have made everyone …show more content…
The PROTAGONIST, the working farm animals, are CHARACTERIZED as dumb, hardworking, persistent, hopeful, and exploited. In this book, an old pig named Old Major enlightened all of the farm animals about a life in the farm without Mr.Jones where all the animals were equal and free. After Old Major’s death, the animals kicked Mr.Jones out of the Manor Farm and changed the farm’s name to “Animal Farm”. Unfortunately for the hard working animals, the pigs gained more knowledge and power than the rest of the animals. There was famine and more deaths upon the hard working animals under the influence of Napoleon. Many hens, pigs, and sheep were killed at the confession and Napoleon starved the hens to death after they refused to give up their eggs during the Hen Rebellion. Napoleon lied to all the animals by making the animals work harder and minimizing their food portions so that all of the pigs can have a larger portion. The working farm animals saw that the pigs were putting on some extra weight but Napoleon told the other animals that the food was equally distributed upon all and that the animals are not working hard enough. This example shows that the truth is often deviated because Napoleon lies to the working animals about where the
The PROTAGONIST and TRAGIC HERO, John Proctor is CHARACTERIZED as dignified, prideful, strong, and guilty. In this play, Abigail’s uncle, Reverend Parris, caught Abigail and a few other girls dancing in the woods one night with his slave Tituba, and after that night Reverend Parris’ daughter, Betty, has not woken up. Everyone misinterpreted this for witchcraft. After all of the commotion and the thoughts of witchcraft coming from the crowd outside of Parris’ home, Betty woke up and screamed out that Abigail has to tell the truth about drinking the chicken’s blood which would make Proctor love her again or Betty will tell the truth herself. Abigail then threatened Betty and all of the other girls with violence if they do not keep their mouths shut about the blood. Despite the dilemmas that have arisen, Abigail and the girls did not tell the truth about what had occurred that night. Throughout the entire book, Abigail kept the drinking of the blood a secret because it can make everyone go against her and take away the power that she is gaining. This example connects back to the thesis because Abigail Williams kept the truth a secret and never told anyone what really happened that night because it could have made everyone …show more content…
The PROTAGONIST, the working farm animals, are CHARACTERIZED as dumb, hardworking, persistent, hopeful, and exploited. In this book, an old pig named Old Major enlightened all of the farm animals about a life in the farm without Mr.Jones where all the animals were equal and free. After Old Major’s death, the animals kicked Mr.Jones out of the Manor Farm and changed the farm’s name to “Animal Farm”. Unfortunately for the hard working animals, the pigs gained more knowledge and power than the rest of the animals. There was famine and more deaths upon the hard working animals under the influence of Napoleon. Many hens, pigs, and sheep were killed at the confession and Napoleon starved the hens to death after they refused to give up their eggs during the Hen Rebellion. Napoleon lied to all the animals by making the animals work harder and minimizing their food portions so that all of the pigs can have a larger portion. The working farm animals saw that the pigs were putting on some extra weight but Napoleon told the other animals that the food was equally distributed upon all and that the animals are not working hard enough. This example shows that the truth is often deviated because Napoleon lies to the working animals about where the