Living A Lie In H. G. Wells 'Lying'

In the play there is a character with the name of John Proctor and he has had sexual relations with Abigail and instead of coming clean he continues to lie to his wife to keep her from hurting her feelings but what he doesn’t realize is that she already knows what happened between John and Abigail. John Proctor is responsible for almost all the chaos going on in the village because he lies and makes it seem like he’s always true but he doesn’t see it that way and instead of coming clean, he continues to lie to protect himself from being shamed and also to stop his wife from finding about the incident between Abigail. If John never had sexual relations with Abigail and lied to his wife the girls, the people of the village wouldn't be in this predicament. John realizes his wife isn’t acting the same and that she seems sad and depressed and he also feels some guilt from hiding the truth this leaves him wanting to please her but as he tries it doesn’t really seem to make her happy and it only makes her question him more. “On Sunday let you come with me, and we’ll walk the farm together” (Miller Act 2 Page

Virginia Stem Owens, in “Telling the Truth in Lies,” reveals that reasoning, by fictional stories, provides an effective way of knowledge for children. In this short essay, Virginia Stem Owens explains that children learn about the world through the lens of fiction. They make sense of the world, by using these stories to make connections with the world around them. The author reveals this when she gives her experience with fictional stories. She describes it as the place where she realized that “understanding and hope nourished.”

When lies become easy for the liar to create, and expected by the person being lied to, both parties will suffer the consequences of lying. At the beginning of the essay, the paragraph started in first-person tone “I” along with other pronouns such as “my” and “our.” Ericsson specifies that her lungs had been aching for “two hours,” and that her daughter was a “three-year-old” as well as that the bank called “today” and she was “on hold for an hour” (2,3). Then after that, she uses a metaphor “one more straw might break his back.” This means that her partner also had a bad day just like herself and she didn’t want to make his day worse than it already was (2). Then at the end of the paragraph, she uses “there must be some merit to lying.” What she means that she tries to spend a week without lying which she then faces some challenges for telling the truth. Therefore, she realizes there must be some sort of happiness or a prize for telling lies. All these detailed descriptions of time and place contribute to the detached, yet personal, nature of the writing which has helped her to formulate a thesis that is both relatable to individuals and also be capable of being extrapolated to the masses. This shift she makes can be seen in the transformation from “I” pronouns in the first and second paragraph to the “we” pronouns which were used in the third paragraph

We are sometimes manipulated into buying these products because it will work wonders or make us feel good about ourselves, well I could say that some products are good heck even amazing. However, there are those that are just plain wrong that are so egger to sell the product just to make profit off of us, not caring whether we are content with how it works. Have you ever wondered why the advertisements just keep repeating sometimes well it’s like they are just planting it in your head about this product that they are trying to sell you and that you must have according to the advertisers. According to writer Sienna Kossman she states how advertisers operate and how they get the consumers to buy the product she say that the way they get them

Have you ever thought that things could never get worse? That this is going to be the worse part of your life and everything is going to be wonderful? More often than not this is never true, and in this instance in the book Lies by Michael Grant these kid’s lives are changing for the worst. It has been seven months now since all of the adults and teenagers at least the age of fifteen vanished out of nowhere like water in the desert (☺ Simile). Additionally, there is a gigantic dome that is enclosing Perdido Beach and Coates Academy and no one can get out. To make things even more interesting, there is no connection from the outside world and for some reason kids are developing powers and people are coming back from the dead. Also, there is a dearth of food and everyone is starving. Presently, there is a vast fire that is burning the town of Perdido Beach and Sam Temple (the leader of Perdido

Alcoholism is one of the most delusional lies one can tell themselves. In the essay, “The Ways We Lie,” by Stephanie Ericsson, she states that, “alcoholics … believe that the problems in their lives are legitimate reasons for drinking rather than results of the drinking” (477). Alcoholics believe that they can stop at any time and that the benefits outweigh the side effects. They lie to themselves and lose trust from peers. I understand this first hand from my alcoholic granfather. Alcoholism is a direct result of being delusional. Delusion is the most catastrophic way to lie because it can cause physical danger, it creates isolation due to the lack of trust and it hides underlying issues of the delouser.

In Stephanie Ericsson's essay, "The Ways We Lie," (1992), the author explains that a person can lie without even knowing they are doing so simply because it is part of the human nature. Ericsson uses personal life situations, such as: lying to the bank about a check being in the mail, lying about the reason why she was late to a business meeting, and telling a friend she was busy and could not go eat with her. Her main purpose is to explain the different types of lies told daily by most people in order to illustrate that although we may not realize we are lying, technically we are and sometimes it could be for the good of the person or for the worse. Ericsson relates to his target audience, everyone, by stating everyone lies one way or another,

Not all lies are bad, lying sometimes can be justified and even necessary. Lying can be negative but, Elie and his father had to lie about their age in the concentration camp in order to survive. ”Your age? He asked, perhaps trying to sound paternal.

In “The Ways we Lie,” Stephanie Ericsson expresses her own life experience as an example to show, how difficult it is to balance the moral value of living a lie and the consequences of telling the truth in real life. Ericsson expresses her views thoroughly on how “we all lie” for different reasons and for different purposes. In “The Way We Lie,” informational essay, some of the words contradict each other, for example, she explains the impossibility and the consequences of telling the truth all the time, while she explains the consequences of telling a lie without taking a side. She used those statements to build a strong bond with readers by eliminating judgment and creating humble moments. Ericsson’s essay grasped my attention easily and intrigued me so much that, I couldn’t keep my eyes of the pages; the end of each paragraph brought me to have text-to-self connections.

Jerimae Bautista Mrs. Multhaupt English III- 5th Period 15 Apr 2015 Don’t forget your title! According to We’re All Lying Liars, published in US News and World Report, researchers say we lie because, “it turns out that we spin facts and make up facts for all sorts of reasons. We might gain a raise or a reward, for example, or to protect friends or a lover.” In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character Gatsby lies about himself and his past as part of his goal of transformation to a better person.

Think about the people that are admired, the goals that are set, and the obstacles that must be overcome. Coming to these decisions is how people live, and these decisions are come to by learning how to balance the following and breaking of rules.

After reading both stories, I found that I enjoyed Stephanie Ericsson’s, “The Ways We Lie” the most. This story was very interesting and made me think of many different things. I did not realize that there were so many different ways to lie. I was guilty of doing a few of them. After reading the section about the white lie, I realized that I do this sometimes without even noticing it. Ericsson gives the example of when your friend may look terrible one day, but you tell them that they look nice just so they would feel better. Most people, along with myself, do not see this as a bad thing because you are doing something good for someone else, but either way you are still lying. As I continued reading, I was also shocked about a few parts, especially

We are all taught at a young age that lying is bad and we should always tell truth the truth shall set you free. Certainly characters from the movie Chicago directed by Rob Marshall and the book The Great Gatsby by: F. Scott Fitzgerald had a lot of trouble with the truth. They did not seem to stop lying in particular the female characters. They lie for their own benefit but also lie because of their fear what society will think of them as a result of their sins.

These help the readers make further connections with real world situations. Ordinarily, lying is something that we should realize how it can deceitful and immoral, although at the same time, lying can be used to spare the feeling of others. She also includes various uses of loaded language to emphasize the most important aspects of lying. At one point in the essay, she states “ Our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorder reality until moral garbage become as invisible to us as water is to fish. ”(128)

In the song “Bad Liar” by Selena Gomez the narrator talks about her obsession with someone and can’t stop thinking about it. In the song she talks about how she’s trying to distract herself and get over him. With being obsessed, she considers herself a bad liar. The theme is revealed through several literary devices.