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could send a chill to anyone normal human. There was a girl in the crushed face. He was smiling. “It was fruitful indeed.” For a moment, he thought about the girl. And gave a sigh. Poor thing need not had to die. I asked her not to lie yet she did. They all lie to me. So they get the judgment of justice from me. “Will the guy live?” he asked…

From the short story, Twelve and not stupid I have learned something about honesty. Honesty is very important in our life and the situation that happened to the girl when she misunderstands about the honesty of her father’s also need to lie to her mother about her father makes she feels guilty. In our life, we also need, to tell the real situation even it will hurt and we need to not be judgmental in things that not sure. In addition, sometimes we have to think before we speak because every word…

In What It Is Like To Go To War, Karl Marlantes tried to build common ground with his audience in his, “lying” chapter by having the audience mentally place themselves in the Vietnam War. “Assume you’re a decent soldier like me…You know there’s a bunch of lying bastards the other guys, who will do anything to get ahead and who aren’t decent at all.” By trying to appeal to the emotions of the reader, Marlantes has the reader contemplate the morality of lying. By placing themselves in the…

(72). However, in the last paragraph of “Soldier’s Home,” Krebs discusses the ways he will mix with his community. The narrator says, “There would be one more scene maybe before he got away” (77). This line suggests that Krebs can only bear one more lie before he will lose himself. He will become the person his mother, family, and community desire to perceive. Krebs has told too many lies, and therefore, lost too much to believably show his war-changed self to his community. The last sentence of…

His need for power and prestige blinds his ability to see the truth about Tartuffe. He is so enthralled by Tartuffe because he enriches Orgon with power by appealing to his desires. Tartuffe is claiming to be a traditional figure of authority by presenting himself as a holy man and Orgon foolishly goes against everyone’s feeling towards Tartuffe and falls for his act. The audience is not told that Tartuffe is a liar or hypocrite but, through his words and the actions that follow, it allows…

a priest, Friar Laurence, without their families’ consent. This action ultimately leads to the deaths of the lovers and many others. All of this happens because of the priest’s determination to mend the rift between the families, even if he has to lie to the families to do it. Friar Laurence’s dishonesty and faithfulness is a clear flaw, expressed by the motif of poison, that leads to the tragic ends of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence poisons the potential love and happiness…

Nothing But The Truth- Post Reading Assignment Sahana Ganesh Have you ever lied to yourself or someone else, to either protect them or to accomplish a purpose? Many people lie or tell the truth for many reasons such as dishonest reasons, skirting the truth, lying by omission, rule breaking and much more. In the book, Nothing but the Truth, telling the truth or lying is a big part. Many people tell lies for dishonest reasons, while many people tell the truth even if it may be hurtful. In Nothing…

The art of deception is something that all humans are familiar with. For many people, falling victim to this action will happen quite a few times throughout one's lifetime. The question can be how to react to such an instance when the reality of the situation comes to life. Especially once it is realized that while one can blame the action on another, the true deception took place within the mind of the victim. Humans tend to create scenarios and formulate lies about the situation or…

less amicable brother offers a little excerpt about the incident, trying to prove to the reader that he does not care about it. Yet, he still devotes some narration. He wants to confess, but he wants to be a “man.” Lastly, this brother is known to lie often, which corresponds to the second reason; this also connects to why he attempts to reject his grief. He tries to create fabrications in other parts of the book, such as the poem where he grants two options of what happens when the two brothers…

mother died when I was little, and then my father died in a tractor accident last month on our farm in Spartanburg County. I don’t have any other kin around here, so they were going to send me to a home” (Kidd 73). In other words, Lily was starting to lie on a regular basis and she did not want them to actually know them for who they were because she did not want August to find out what they had done and send her back; she just wanted to be normal for a little bit. Furthermore, as her stay at…