Half-truth

Plato demo straights how things influence our choices, visions, and beliefs. One of these things can be family and friends. In this piece of wring, “Allegory/Myth of the Cave”, Plato describes a world condensed into a single cave. Through the use of imagery, you can connect the process of enlightenment to things in today’s society. From birth, our parents show us how to act, what to believe, how to walk, and much more. This being extremely similar to the ideas discussed in the story. The use…

not knowing and unaware of the future they have been created to pursue. Miss Lucy is the complete opposite of Miss Emily, in terms of their mindset. Miss Lucy has the minority opinion at Hailsham. She wants to tell the students the truth. In contrast, Miss Emily firmly believes that curiosity kills the cat (or, clones here). This reminds me of those times my parents lie to me to shield me from something they think I was not ready to know, yet. I remember just…

Imagine yourself feeling so much guilt, that you confess to an action you did not commit? Imagine having your voice become shut down because of someone you trusted. Unable to say the truth and have that weight lifted off of your shoulders. This happens more often than you think and occurs because of safety, attention, and those who manifest the thought that they actually committed the crime. The first element, safety, is just simply that. Whether it’s for themselves or for the ones they love,…

make individual decisions and determine ideals for ourselves and that our knowledge is accurately the truth, but do we really? Plato utilizes an allegory to provide a clearer visualization of misconception of reality in our society. Failing to recognize the influences that prevent our achievement of accurately obtaining truth and truly being of moral character propels us into the deceptive truth of society. The purpose in Plato’s “Allegory of a Cave” is to encourage one to strive for precise…

The contrast of two settings in ‘By the Waters of Babylon’ helps to reveal the story’s purpose. John’s home was a very primitive village, where people still hunted for their main source of food and believed in magic. They don’t even have running water, because John was confused on what a faucet was. “in the washing-place, a thing said “Hot” but it was not hot to the touch- another thing said “Cold” but it was not cold. This must have been a strong magic but the magic was gone.”(Benét, 64). The…

THESIS Pictures that are impactful, timely and contribute significant news value cannot be discounted due to their violent nature. Shocking and violent photographs have the power to garner public interest and provoke social change. Patt Blue from the International Center of Photography writes, “reality is not a framed and frozen image - it is chaos, loud, dirty, and grossly disorganized” and so we should expect our news photography to properly showcase that. While many aspiring journalists drift…

Silly poems and deep, dark truths are the world of Shel Silverstein. The lights in the attic always seem to be on; however, if one takes a hard look at Silverstein’s work, one must look beyond the lights in the attic to delve through the rest of the house to come up with a whole picture of who Shel Silverstein was. As with most authors, the face put forward in public for consumption rarely matches the behind-the-scenes person who keeps personal secrets away from society. All understand this…

those memories can never be intact and unbroken. However, this limit is actually where the power of art lies. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien distinguishes two realities, i.e. the “story-truth” and “happening-truth” in retelling his experiences in the Vietnam War. What is experienced in the happening-truth can only be re-felt through the creation of a fictional…

The first stanza is about being surrounded by people and having to wear my mask. I have to pretend to be happy by wearing a “smile”,I said it was “etched” on my face because it sounds more forced rather than natural. This mask is persuasive it is able to distort reality with its “silver tongue” so people do not realize it is all fake. I used a simile to compare my lying to “Pinocchio”. The lies flow so naturally it almost seems real but there is always a reminder. If it weren’t for the reminder…

broke a vase now i’m going to blame it on my friend”. Many teens simulate conversations.Margo is 16 and he lies a lot,but someday his lying will go away.Lying is needed in this article to keep away from someone. Margo lies and says the truth at about 50% lies and 50% truth. Teens lie…