Lie detection

“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can’t vent any anger against them, I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist” (Flood). Censorship is the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, that are considered…

A single story can be a devastating thing, not because it does not tell the truth, but that it only tells parts of the truth. Entire voices and experiences are erased in the face of a broad explanation, which is often easier to understand through its one-sided simplicity. The single story manifests itself through society in the form of harmful stereotypes of racial, ethnic, national and religious groups. However, literature allows us the opportunity to inspect and understand the way a single…

Deception in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and its Effects In Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar Schell and his Grandfather lie to their close ones, which creates emotional distance between others, as they believe truth can be more painful to share. Throughout the novel, many of the major characters lie to each other to avoid confrontation. There are different size lies for different situations. Most of these lies aren't malicious, they are used as emotional…

Secrets and lies exist throughout people's day-to-day lives. Although secrets can be a simple as white lies, often secrets can be dangerous and pose risk to both secret keeper and those around them. In both "The Secret Life of Secrets" by Alan Burdick and "The Danger of Keeping Secrets" by Alex Lickerman, the articles emphasize the potential physical and psychological impacts of keeping secrets. Throughout Macbeth by Shakespeare and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the protagonists keep secrets…

All that glisters is not gold: Often have you heard that told. In the short story “Transients in Arcadia” by “O Henry”, it is demonstrated through character and tropology that appearances are often misused to decipher a person’s social standing and standards; therefore, being judgemental mostly costs a price of being unaware of the truth. Firstly, appearances are often deceptive and they let a person believe on a false perspective which is temporary, yet all the temporary things have to leave…

vanishes away then the woman will equally suffer. If a man was attracted by external beauty of make-up with paints, by an ugly and old woman; when he discovered he was deceived; the woman will suffer while the man regrets. As you make your bed; so you lie…

Have you ever felt that someone was lying to you? Ever had a feeling in your gut that something was not right and you could tell that the person is not being completely honest with you. Their words were telling you “yes”, but their body said otherwise. Non-verbal communication helps us understand the differences from how someone acts instead of hearing them speak is called “body language.” “Body language is a type of nonverbal communication. It includes such things as facial expressions, eye…

Are humans to fragile to handle the direct truth? In Emily Dickinson’s poem “ Tell all the truth but tell it slant” she say’s to tell all the truth; however, to tell it at an angle. Hence, the only successful way to tell a lie is to do it in a fashion of circuitously, because the power of the truth is to powerful for people’s perceptions. Thus, truth would be too hard to understand or would cause one to become overwhelmed. Indeed, just as children are told not to fear lighting to lessen their…

Being deceitful is an arduous facade that usually hides the true self. One of William Shakespeare's renowned plays, The Taming Of The Shrew, utilizes facades in many ways. One of these uses is to show how every person attempts to hide certain parts of themselves from the world, no matter their status. For instance, when Lucentio was disguised, he says "While counterfeit supposes bleared thine eyne... Then pardon him, sweet father, for my sake," (V.I.92,104). This demonstrates that Lucentio…

What do you think or feel about lying to others?Lying is sometimes acceptable, it just depends on the situation.How would you if someone is lying to not hurt your feels or anyone’s feeling.In my opinion everyone lies for that they do bad or other things to not get blame for anything that they did.For example they to not get in trouble or to just look good with their friends. I believe that lying is sometimes ok because their are certain people with mental health, that will hurt their…