Secret

Secrets Everyone at one point in time has to keep a secret, but do people really keep them? “Individuals are prone to telling secrets due to the amount of stress they feel when keeping a secret,” stated by Daily Mail. Statistics have shown that you tend to preserve secrets when the secret is from your family or very close friends. This is because you feel a closer bond between you and the person you are keeping the secret with. Statistics also show that women cannot keep a secret longer than…

In the movie and the book The Help, the protagonists keep an important secret in order to bring an understanding into the community about segregation and racism. There is always a reason why people should keep secrets, not only for their own benefit, but also for the benefit of others. Both the foundation of the movie and the book’s plot is about keeping the writing of an illegal book a secret. Skeeter, one of the protagonists, interviews a black help, Aibileen, in order to write a book called…

Keeping a secret can be a relationship’s savior or it can be it’s destruction. A mother, who was asked whether she like keeping secrets to her family or not, replied with, “I think you should be allowed to keep secrets to your family. That is part of what makes us human. However, we must know when it is okay to keep secrets and when it is right to tell them aloud.” As mentioned previously, minor secrets should be allowed to be kept inside and major ones…

Deep, dark secrets are not an aspect of life that came to age with 21st century technology. However, through the modern medium of the World Wide Web, there has been a new cultural phenomenon called “PostSecret,” which provides people a window to anonymously share their secrets. This phenomenon began in 2005 when Frank Warren initiated an art project that welcomed people to anonymously mail him their secrets on postcards. Since 2005, on every Sunday Warren has released new batches of secrets so…

giving his daughter away to Caroline and keeping it a secret from his family. The birth of the twins Paul and Phoebe Henry brought joy to Norah and David, until Norah was told Phoebe died minutes after she was born which affect the relationship between Norah and David during their marriage. The death of Phoebe was a lie, she was give away to the nurse, Caroline, but David did not tell Norah the truth about…

seem to make a nest in the back of your mind. The book 13 Gifts written by Wendy Mass, Mass creates a story that grasps the beginning of new memories. During 13 Gifts the main character, Tara, creates new memories by finding herself, discovering secrets, and paying off debt. “The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field.” (Ch. 23, pg 339). This is a quote by the main character after she has learned the true meaning of herself. In the beginning of the book Tara has always gone…

know you need each other, with friends their different. Five: Best Friends will always keep your secret. Best friends will always respect your wish to keep something confidential. No matter how small the secret is or how important it is they will always respect your wishes. Friends you can never be sure if they have your best interests at heart. Many would just say that you shouldn’t be telling your secrets anyway, but telling someone does take a load off your shoulders and telling your best…

The novel revolves around the theme of “honor” that inspires the theme of secrecy. For Angela, her secret was out on the day of her marriage and the revelation of the secret of her virginity inspires the events that has implications for her twin brothers Pablo and Pedro, as well as the character of Santiago Nasar. The murder happened, Santiago was killed but till half part of the story, it remains a mystery. Angela’s mother, Purisima has brought up her little girls to be great spouses. The…

On a cold chilly winter day the wind howled blowing snow that whipped hard against Westfield high school. It wasn’t normal for the weather to be this cold as Canada didn’t exactly have the stereotype Canadian winters people perceived, but a 12th grader named Ryder knew he couldn’t use the -35 degree weather as an excuse to skip class because there he was sitting at the back of English class with his feet propped up onto the desk and his arms behind his head. He did not want to be there. “Ryder,…

By keeping the creation of the monster a secret, Victor continually puts many of his family and friends at risk. By letting people know of his creation, Victor could have possibly killed the monster and ended both of their despairs forever. An example of selfish secrets is in Chapter 22 where Victor says, “I avoided explanation and maintained a continual silence concerning the wretch I had created. I had…