50 Essays A Portable Anthology Answers

We are told from a very young that we should tell the truth, and that lying is wrong; an immoral action which we should not engage in. Yet lying is a large part of daily life, whether it be our lying to others or others lying to us, around us, or lying in ways that affect our lives. Oftentimes, the lies we tell are for social gain; for the purposes of esteem, affection, or respect. Welie as a way to manage others impressions of us. Studies have found that women are generally more intimate in their interactions, which would suggest that they lie less. However, might women lie more to benefit others, as opposed to self–centered lies? A study by DePaul et al. (1996) set out to answers questions about the frequency of lying, types of lies told,...show more content...

(1996) was a broad study that yielded several results. People lie daily, a finding not many would be surprised with. The lie more often outside of face–to–face interactions, unsurprising given the prominence of body language in communication. The types of things people lied about were consistent with ideas of monitoring impression formation; in simpler terms, people often lie to look better to others. It also appears that people lie with some frequency about positive feelings. This suggests that we may not want to take responses or comments about positive feelings at face value, and may want to dig deeper out of concern if we believe these responses to be dishonest. The findings in sex difference suggest that women lie to protect others much more often than men, but also lie more about others more than men. While this reinforces gossip stereotypes, it also reinforces the idea that women are more sensitive. To summarize the findings, if you desire open and honest conversation, you will likely have to encourage it. The prevalence of lying, for positive or negative reasons, is so great that it is a daily occurrence. To combat this, you must first acknowledge the astounding frequency of lying, and then voice your desire for less of it. After all, interactions without lies were rated more positively than ones with lies. If you want a more open, honest,

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Lying is an act carried out daily; an act, Loyal D. Rue, professor of Religion and Philosophy at Luther College in Decorah says, "... we can't survive without..." and is "... a strategy that we use to save ourselves from social and psychological chaos" (World Cat Identities, 2010). Whilst the words, "always tell the truth" and "don't lie" are repeatedly told to children, as we get older however, always telling the truth becomes harder to carry out in society. Whilst lying is something everyone does, it is condemned and considered unethical by many, and more importantly from a religious perspective (BBC, 2014). Though all religions look down upon lying, it's important to acknowledge the diversity of attitudes and approaches towards such actions.

WHAT IS THE BUDDHIST RESPONSE TO LYING?

Buddhist's response to lying derives from the Noble Eightfold (Thought Co, 2017). Constructed of 8 linking segments, the Noble Eightfold is a path to promote ethical conduct, mental discipline and wisdom; within this, is the component of Right Speech (Samma vaca) (Tricycle, 2008). The practice of Right Speech, aims to eliminate what the Buddha described as, "abstinence from false speech, abstinence from malicious speech, abstinence from harsh speech, and abstinence from idle chatter" (Bodhi, 2005).

WHY DO THEY HOLD THE OPINION THEY DO?

Buddhists uphold the practice of Right Speech for several reasons. Right Speech creates beneficial karma and promotes harmony and good will into the surrounding Get more content

In "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart, the reader is taken on a summer vacation trip to Beechwood Island with Cadence Sinclair, to feel what it's like to have the same struggles of a teenage girl whose memories of "Summer Fifteen" are nearly impossible to remember, and whose "perfect" family is falling apart. At first impression, you would think that Cady has it good in life. She comes from a wealthy family, who maintain traditions, and she has a summer boyfriend. However, the further you read, it is later revealed that all those things are reasons why she becomes so miserable by the end of the book. There is more to this book than just syntax, characterization, and figurative language. We Were Liars is a novel with many uses of literary devices, and good use of it too. A big part of what makes this book so good is because of its persuasive themes that help shape the book to...show more content...

Well, in this novel, the author really emphasizes the historical context of the pressure of being in an interracial relationship that the grandfather puts on Bess. "The point is Harris doesn't like Ed's color. He's a racist bastard and so is Tipper... I'm willing to think that Harris doesn't even realize why he doesn't like my uncle but he dislikes him enough to disinherit his eldest daughter." This excerpt from the book shows how Cady's grandfather would not approve of his daughter being married to a man of color. Their family is very old–fashioned. This dilemma between Bess and Ed being married is brought upon Cady and Gat as well. When they fall in love, Harris threatens Gat but in a way that only Gat and Harris can interpret. Cady does not notice. "'Watch yourself, young man,' said Granddad, sharp and sudden. 'Pardon me?' 'Your head. You could get hurt.'" He makes it seem like he's trying to warn him to not hit his head against the attic's roof, when really he's warning him to stay away from Get more content

Americans Conflicted About Lying: An Analysis

How come people think lying is a very Satanic action, yet they do it so naturally? According to the articles, "It's the Truth:Americans Conflicted About Lying" and "Lies, Lies, Lies" by Paul Gray, Michael Duffy, Priscilla Painton, and Elizabeth Rudulph reveal when lying is acceptable. Lying is indeed not a pleasant thing to do or receive, but can ben used for an alternate purpose.

The first text, "Lies, Lies, Lies" found several types of lies, a few being known to protect other Anne Frank survived as long as she did because those sheltoring her and her family lied to the Nazis."(Gray, paragraph 2) This proves that if Miep and those helping Anne Frank didn'tlie, then no one would have survived for long. Another supportive statement is, "On

The Children's Hour shows the power of lie. Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, who are very close friends, and opened a private school for girls. Mary is one of those students who was studying at the school, but she would often get into trouble because she lied and made trouble. One that really standout is when she takes flowers from the garbage can and tells the teacher that she was picking the flowers for her from the garden. She was punished for making troubles like this. Mary being very spoiled by her grandma did not want to be in the school anymore and so she lied to her grandma saying Martha and Karen were having "unnatural" relationship. This lie by Mary affected many of the people, which included Martha, Karen, and Doctor Joseph Cardin.

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In 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology, Stephanie Ericsson's essay "The Ways We Lie" focuses on the many ways society lies today. "We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people's feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big–guy institutions" (159). It is common for many people to think of lying exactly how it is on the surface, not telling the truth. Ericsson's essay forces you to second guess this stereotype and begin to realize that lying is even more prevalent in today's society than most people might imagine. Looking around today with this mindset would help us make more informed political decisions, better decisions on friends, and better "next–step" positions. Our lives are not horrible places, but better steps for these areas of our lives could improve our lives dramatically. No matter what political organization you affiliate yourself with, it is not hard to see the dishonesty going on all the time in politics. Politicians use almost every type of lying in the book to make their campaign or ideas seem worthwhile to the general public. Out of all of Ericsson's types of lying, I think that politicians use delusion the most. Yes, many use plenty...show more content...

I think this type of lying while trying to make friends never really leaves us. At least until we enter the adult world. I have seen it happen many times where someone just wants to fit in or become a friend to someone they think is "cool," and instead of acting themselves, they "put on another face, obeying the expectation" (161). After reading this article by Stephanie Ericsson, it seems so ridiculous to lie about things like this. We must ask ourselves the question, do we really want to be friends with someone that does not like us for who we actually are? Because if we lie about it, they are not becoming friends with us, they are becoming friends with our

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Over the summer I have decided to read, "7 Ways We Lie" by Riley Redgates for my choice book. This book first caught with a bright colorful cover as well as an entertaining title. After I read the first couple of pages I was immediately hooked in, even though I find it hard to connect or get attached to books the way I was to this one. In "7 Ways We Lie", Riley Redgates wrote in seven high schoolers point of view, switching in between chapters, from person to person. Each of these seven characters had a one of the seven deadly sins, lust, envy, greed, sloth, gluttony, wrath, or pride. As the story unfolds, it becomes more clear which character is which sin and why they did or do that specific sin. While keeping you guessing, Riley Redgates

Self–Transformation Mukherjee, B. (2014). Two ways to belong in America. In S. Cohen (Ed.), 50 essays: a portable anthology (pg. 290–293). New York, NY: Bedford St. Martin's Press. In Bharati Mukherjee's essay "Two Ways to Belong in America," the author explains the differences that aroused between two sisters living in America as legal immigrants. After a sum of thirty–six years in America, Mira, Bharati's sister, strived to return to India once she retired while Bharati accepted the American culture and created roots from within. Due to her passion for her Indian culture, Mira married an Indian student from Wayne State University who was set out to receive his business administration degree. They went on to acquire the labor certifications necessary for the green card of hassle–free residence and employment. Although the marriage was...show more content...

Bharati married an American–Canadian fellow that would live in every part of North America with her over a span of thirty–three years. She became "opting to fluidity, self–invention, blue jeans, and T–shirts, and renouncing three thousand years of caste–observant, 'pure culture' marriage in the Mukherjee family." Despite their differences, the sisters knew they were the only blood relatives they had on the continent, so they had regular Sunday morning calls where they were carelessly affectionate. During these conversations the sisters would have small talk rather than speak what was truly on their mind, yet they pity one another: Mira "for the lack of structure in [Bharati's] life, the erasure of Indianness, the absence of an unvarying daily core." Bharati "for the narrowness of [Mira's] perspective, her uninvolvement with the mythic depths or the superficial pop culture of the American society." It is clear that the two differ, however, in the ways in which they hope to interact with the country

A lie is an intentionally false statement. Admit it: You've lied. Mostly everyone has lied. Since a young age, lying has been a part of our lives. Lying begins early. By the age of 3, most children know how to fib. When we do it well, we get what we want. Babies often falsify a cry to manipulate those around them to their wants as well as needs. Although lying is not socially acceptable it has become a part of everyone's daily routine. Majority of people dislike liars however everyone has lied at some point in their lives, making a lot of people liars. To act as something you don't believe in or is not, at your core, who you truly are, is dishonest. Although you don't always have to be dishonest tolie. There's omission and deflecting. On...show more content...

We lie to avoid awkwardness or punishment. We lie to maintain relationships and please others. On Jan. 26, 1998, Bill Clinton famously told the nation, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Clinton later confessed that he did indeed have an "improper physical relationship" with Monica Lewinksky, a 24–year–old White House intern. For his deceit, Clinton became the second president in American history impeached by the House of Representatives. Although majority of the country believed that he was guilty, Clinton still could've saved his image by simply being truthful. As my mom always says, "Thetruth will set you free." Something that has become acceptable is the "white lie". Ericsson believes that the lie assumes the truth will cause more damage than the lie. Many experts don't see much difference between a little lie (telling Mom that the casserole was great) and a big lie (covering up an extramarital affair). Anything that is not accurate is a lie. You can argue that a lie done to make someone else feel better is relatively minor. But they have an effect. The bottom line is that a lie is a lie. That's the great paradox here. I do believe the more lies, the more degradation. But you can't stop lies entirely. Society would grind to a halt. Many parents across the world lie to their parents about Santa Claus, who's supposed to reward them with presents on Christmas Day. They claim this

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By Stephanie Ericsson

In the essay The Ways We Lie, author Stephanie Ericsson writes in depth about the different types of lies used by most people everyday. While listing examples of them, Ericsson questions her own experiences with lying and whether or not it was appropriate. By using hypothetical situations, true accounts, and personal occurrences, she highlights the moral conflicts and consequences that are a result of harmless fibs or impactful deceptions. In an essay detailing the lies told to ourselves and others, Ericsson points out one bold truth; everyone lies. Through her writing, Ericsson causes the reader to look into how they've lied in the past and how to effects others and the general greater good of society. Before she questions the...show more content...

These forms of lying take the attention off the liar by either pushing the blame towards the victim, or seemingly ignore the issue that the lie is covering up. There are other lies that are a combination of other types of lies. For example, delusion, which is the use of excuses to defend lies, is a branch off of dismissal. Ericsson also points out that "groupthink", which is lying to remain loyal to a community, is a mixture of ignoring facts, omission, and other types of lies written about in the essay. As she went into depth explaining each form of lying, Ericsson showcased the varying levels of severity in lying, through examples written in the text. At the beginning of the essay, she writes about lying to a friend by saying she was busy and couldn't meet up, even though she just wasn't hungry. Further into the essay while writing about ignoring facts, she writes about how a Catholic Church hired Father Porter, knowing his history of abusing children, which led to more children being harmed. It's hard to imagine that both of these instances are defined as lies, and it clearly shows the complicated layers of lying that keep all lies from being harmless or bad. Ericsson even shows a mild and more extreme version of the same type of lie. When describing a facade, she writes about how she puts up a facade by wearing suits to work, even though she prefers to stay in her pajamas until the afternoon. Right after, she describes Get more content

Lying: A Necessary Evil?

"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic." (John F. Kennedy) I find this quote very appropriate when relating lying to the book The Thief. The Thief is a book of deceptions. Gen, or Eugenides, plans, cultivates, and enacts an elaborate myth as his life. Yes, he is a thief as a vocational choice, but not at all the street urchin that The Magus assumes him to be. Assumptions are crucial to making alie appear to be the truth. The Magus assumes Gen is a low–life, stating " Everything about you shows your low birth. You'd never be comfortable at court." (page 57 The Thief) Because of this assumption, it is considerably easier for Gen to elaborate on this misconception. Gen is persistent in developing his false character. He is persuasive in everything he does, including talking with his mouth half–closed and chewing with it open. However, was Gen's lying necessary to accomplish his goal? Are lies ever necessary? When trying to do the right thing in a difficult situation, perfect honesty is second best next to values like compassion, loyalty, and service.

Compassionate lies are the little white lies we tell to ease someone else's pain. Compassion is a sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. If we love someone, we do not want to hurt him or her. Omitting information, falsifying information or failing to

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"We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken." What if you woke up on a beach, unaware of what had happened just before? No one would tell you what had happened, except for that you had an "accident"? This is what happens to Cadence Sinclair Eastman in the novel, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Cadence Sinclair Eastman is suffering from amnesia from a traumatic brain injury. She used to spend every summer on her family's private island with her cousins, Johnny and Mirren, and love interest, Gat. They spend all of their time together, until one night, Cadence has an "accident". She doesn't visit the island until a few summers later. Cadence tries to gather information from her friends on her accident, but they won't

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An Analysis OfOn Bullshit, By

Max Black

Violeta Mattei

Dr. Regan Lance Reitsma

CORE 286 10/16/17

"On Bullshit"

In On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt, a professor at Princeton University discusses the concept of bullshit from his standpoint. He begins his essay by stating, "One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit" (117). Since Frankfurt doubts that "most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it" (117), he provides a theoretical understanding of bullshit. The big question being asked throughout this argument is when, if ever, is bullshitting seriously morally wrong and why? And what exactly is so important about caring about, respecting, and telling the truth? Aspects of bullshit are discussed with reference to the Oxford English Dictionary, Wittgenstein, and Saint Augustine. There are three points made throughout the essay that seem to be crucially important– the difference between lying and bullshitting, the question of why there is so much bullshit in society today, and an analysis of sincerity. Frankfurt begins his search for the meaning of bullshit by comparing it to the word "humbug," and referencing the work The Prevalence of Humbug by Max Black. Black gives the definition of humbug: "deceptive misrepresentation, short of lying, especially by pretentious word or deed, of somebody's own thoughts, feelings, or attitudes." (118). By examining the definition of a related term, Frankfurt begins his argument

What If Shakespeare Had Sister

The essay "What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister? "by Virginia Woolf, an excerpt in 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology Fourth Edition by Samuel Cohen, was originally a component of her book, A Room of One's Own which was published in 1929. Virginia Woolf, who was born in London in 1882, is one of the most prominent writers in history. As a modernist and feminist, she is known for several of her masterpieces. Her book, A Room of One's Own, was written based off two lectures she gave dealing with women and the role they played inwriting and literature. She believed it was impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to have written the plays of Shakespeare in the age of Shakespeare.

Virginia Woolf started "What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister" upset as she could not find the truth to why women were poorer than men. She found it mysterious that women were not writing,...show more content... Woolf, although not knowing what he was thinking, admitted it had to be the best state of mind for a poet. She brings up how she will never know what he was thinking exactly because he never wrote a biography. Woolf confessed that it is almost impossible to create the works of a genius. As she continued to look at the absence of women's contributions to literature on the book shelves, the burden was daunting. As Woolf closed, she said, "do not look for Judith Shakespeare in Sir Sidney Lee's Life of a Poet." She died young and never was able to write a word; however, Woolf believes "Judith Shakespeare" lives on in today's society. She believes Judith is a representation of women alive and not alive who were not able to speak or write their minds. She created Judith to show that even when great writers die, even if they never physically wrote words on paper, they still live

It is known that in a psychological research, deception is one of the most popular ethical issues discussed. The author will confer whether deceiving participants in a psychological experiment is deemed a wrongful act or may contribute to the experiment. This assignment will identify reasons for and against this statement. Initially the author will define the term deception and explain the principles that are applied to a psychological research experiment. The question that will be addressed throughout this assignment is: "Should participants ever be deceived concerning the true nature of a psychological experiment in which they take part?" To be able to produce an answer for this question, the author will collect and use factual evidence throughout;

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Questions On Why Kids Lie Essay

Alberto Beltran English 101A

Amble Hollenhorst

October 19, 2016

Why kids Lie In the world there a lot of kids that likes to lie. They lie because they don't think the consequences that have telling lies. It is because sometimes parent don't show their kids to don't lie. There are other parents that sometimes make their kids to tell the truth but kids don't do that. According to some articles, news, and studies, there are a result about why kids lie. There are some articles where show a percentage why kids lie, also there are some news or studies that show the same. Some studies show why kids lie and why isn't important. Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman in their article "why kids lie" (p80). States that parents often fail to address early childhood lying, since the lying is almost innocent. Their child's too young to know what lies are, or that lying's wrong. When the child gets older and learns that lies are bad, parents believe that lying will stop. A child who is going to lie must recognize the truth, intellectually conceive of an alternate reality, and be able to convincingly sell that new reality to someone else. When children first begin to lying, they lie to avoid punishment, and because of that they lie indiscriminately. One short example is, if there are two kids in room and one of them broke a television the more intelligent will call their mom to tell that he wasn't the responsible that was his brother. By the time a child reaches school age, her reasons for lying

The film "Little White Lie" follows the life of Lacey Schwartz who is trying to find out why she is black even though both her parents are clearly white. The film starts off with Lacey showing us video tapes starting with her birth and her whole childhood where you can clearly see she looks very different compared to the people around her who are all white. Her parents' first answer to this question was that Lacey inherited her grandfathers gene who was dark skin and was from Italy. The title of thisfilm has a lot to do with the actual film because throughout the documentary and Lacey's life, Lacey and everyone around her have convinced themselves that she is white giving themselves that "Little White Lie". The main points of this film...show more content...

As lacey's difference was more visible sometype of answer was needed, and that answer was that Lacey got her look from her fathers side.

Lacey's father had ancenstory from Italy and her parents' answer was that she probably got her grandfather's looks who was dark skin. But as time passed on Lacey grew up and entered High School which is the fourth main point of the film. High School was a more diverse place for Lacey and kids there would not understand what Lacey was, more specifiaclly the black kids. Lacey clearly had more then just Italian dark skin genes in her and high school showed Lacey that this little lie could not go on forver. After completing High School Lacey decided to apply for George Town University where she faced a dillema and brings us to the fifth main point of the film which was college. On the George Town Application Lacey didn't know what race to categorize herself in, was she either black or white? Lacey felt white but looked black. Eventually after sending in a photo of herself she was categorized as black and while attending college Lacey found herself joining the black people aliicance club where for the first time she started hanging Get more content

White Lies Analysis

"White Lies" uses vivid color imagery to paint a picture of racism. It deplicts the use of imagery by very derscritive colors: "black place, red–boned,high yellow,near–white,light–bright"," that pink and green shanty–fied shotgun section along the tracks", most importantly , "white lies". The colors aren't used just to describe possessions; they also serve a deeper purpose. First, you can inference that Threthewey is a child of with mixed parents whose skin was light enough to "pass for white".so you can imagine an almost white looking girl living in "black place", or the black part of the town. You can probably inference that her mom wasAfrican American, because the speaker desired the "white lifestyle". Because she would tell the white

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The key points of Aestheticism, discussed in detail in Oscar Wilde's fictionalized discussion between two characters, "The Decay of Lying," are the following: Art never expresses anything but itself, all bad art comes from returning to life and Nature and elevating them to ideals, life imitates art far more than art imitates life, and lying is the proper aim of art. According to these key points, many great pieces of literature would not be viewed as art due to be so closely linked to life, or to some didactic message. Traditionally, literature was meant to teach or to leave some lasting message behind, but according to Oscar Wilde, that is the complete opposite of art. Jane Eyre, the famous novel by Charlotte Bronte, is not exempt when it comes to Wilde's ideas of what defines something as "art." While highly stylized with rich language and mystical allusions and symbolism, Jane Eyre would not be considered a work of art because of how realistic it was, and because of how critical it was of modern society at the time. A key component of art is that,...show more content... It should be a work of the imagination and not based in anything of this world. If it is too realistic or truthful, it cannot be considered a piece of art. Even though the story of Jane and Rochester is a work of fiction, the setting itself is not imaginative at all. Had the story been real, it would have taken place in Bronte's life time, and many of the events could have been experienced by her or by those she knew. "The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction" (2). Bronte committed a cardinal sin in the eyes of Oscar Wilde; she created a story that, in Wilde's opinion, lacked an imaginative edge. Even though the story was fictional, it still contained far too many factual elements to be considered

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To my dearest friend, I hope that everything is going well for you and your new place. I have realized that it has been a few months since I have seen you, and I would like you to know that it is not your fault. We have been friends for almost seven years now and I have began to see some changes in our friendship. You have a hard time accepting the truth and advice from others. Sadly, it has come to the point where being your friend can be very difficult at times. To begin, you are dangerously gullible with other people. Second, you can be overwhelmingly controlling when it comes to the problems of others. Lastly, you neverwant to admit the fact that you are wrong when you are.

To begin, you are dangerously gullible with the words of other people. Being gullible is not allows a characteristic that should be frowned upon. Being gullible is like a form of trust. Being so, it is the amount in which a person is gullible that determines if it should be frowned upon. In this case, the amount in which you are gullible should be frowned upon. For example, you tend to believe every word from those whom you think highly of. If it were not for the value that you for that individual, his or her words would mean nothing to you. You have to understand that no matter how highly you think in that person, not everything that is said from an individual is going to be true. Also, you allow people to take advantage of your kindness. My dearest friend, I love you but you have to Get