Michael Grant's Lies Essay

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.” - Adrienne Rich had once said. That means or shows us that you can tell a lie even when you don’t say something when you should be speaking up about it. In the story, “The Lie,” by Kurt Vonnegut, Eli lies by not speaking up while his father, Dr. Remenzel, lies with words straight in front of others. This is where the theme of being dishonest can turn out to become a bigger problem than you may have expected shows many times within the story.

A benevolent lie is when someone tells a lie, but not with the intentions of harming anyone in the process but to help the person to whom it is told. This type of lie is better known as the harmless little white lie. After reading chapter three I have concluded that to many unconscious benevolent lies are told at my house. Learning about this topic pointed out how often it happens without notice, for example my little girl just lost her front teeth and asked me if she will look pretty for her school pictures. My reply was “You’re going to be the most beautiful girl in the world!” Which she is beautiful to me no matter what but not to the world. I have told her the tooth fairy is real leaving money under her pillow in exchange for each tooth she loses. Also guilt for the story about Santa and how he gives presents when she’s been good or no presents if she’s been bad that year. This benevolent lie is to benefit me I guess to threaten her when she misbehaves. Another example is my second born goes around saying she is my favorite child so, I just agree that she is my favorite child but not to tell her sisters so their feeling won’t get hurt. They’re all my favorite in their own special little way not just her. These benevolent lies just keep coming. This one my oldest daughter had a pet fish that she cared for. The fish recently died so I had to replace it before she came home. She noticed it looked a little different and asked if I noticed anything dissimilar. I replied, “No

They have no laws and no boundaries. They all need to gain maturity in handling this situation, while some do, others do not. Drake and Caine are two characters in the book that are very powerful and dangerous. Caine develops powers and wants to become “King” of the town. Caine enters the novel as a hero with confidence followed by his fellow peers that went to Coates Academy (a boarding school for bad kids) he later is seen as a villain. Cementing the arms of the people with powers, starving them. Caine and Drake cause problems for the people at Perdido Beach. They torture, kill and harm anyone they think is in their way of becoming the greatest power. The area begins to become a war zone, people begin possessing weapons such as guns or bats. The overall themes explored in the novel are discovery, survival, power, betrayal and romance. The novel is based around the teenagers trying to survive. The lust for power, Caine has, is also explored in the book, betrayal is caused by the fear of death. Discovery of the unknown is also a main part featured in the book. Finally, a tiny bit of romance is added between Sam and Astrid to make the story more meaningful. Michael Grant has basically thrown in all these ingredients into a book and the outcome is a nail bitting experience.

In the town of Perdido Beach on November 10th, every person 15 years and older suddenly disappears at 10:18am. At approximately the same time, a strange barrier called the FAYZ appears that separates the kids from any other possible life forms. On top of that, some of the kids seem to be developing powers. A 14 year old boy named Sam Temple emerges as the leader of the group due to his previous acts of bravery despite

On your #MSWL, you called for middle grade novels with emotional resonance and diverse cultures. In SAM POWERS #RATGUTS, 11 year-old Sam desperately wants to be like his father, a military pilot. Sam learns to empathize with a teammate, see the good in a particularly bossy classmate, and when to ask for help. He brings the culture of the military to his new school friends, who in turn introduce Sam to the world of the contemporary South.

Your friend tells you a life threatening secret, they tell you not to tell anyone, even though their life is at risk. You do the responsible thing and tell the proper authorities. That's what being a good friend is, too bad you just betrayed your friends trust and lied to them. Don't fret, this is an acceptable betrayal, not all betrayals are as bad as as others may think, betrayal is quite necessary on some occasions.

The name of the game is simply, “The Lie” the name of the game ties into the general storytelling and progression of the game as a whole.

In the book “Lying”Slater uses a lot of devices to try and contrast fiction with nonfiction, gaining the reader’s attention into Slater’s discovery of herself as a person: she search for the truth, for who or what she really is through her life experiences and recollections. The reader is already given a clue as to what this book has to offer as; “Lying”. This leaves the reader with a big question: Is this book made up of series of lies that we would have to figure out with Slater or Is the whole just a complete illusion, a lie. We the readers have no choice but to go through this rollercoaster ride full uncertainty and lack of assurance.

Taking a step back from the characteristic early-2000’s punk-pop of their first album, Lies for the Liars takes on a whole new direction for the used. The use of string instrumentation, choral singers, and more dynamic vocals creates a whole new experience for fans of The Used. However, lyrically, the album lacks cohesion. “Pretty Handsome Awkward”, “Hospital”, and “Liar, Liar” are all targeted attacks of hatred, while interspersed tracks like “Earthquake”, “Find A Way”, and finale track “Smother Me” are poignant love songs. This brings a disjointed feel to the album and takes away from the fluency of the music and its translation song to song. As individual songs, the emotions are subtley shown through the lyrics, backed by music that may

on; and to me this whole experience resembles the scent of a memory in the womb

“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 was African American, because the speaker desired the “white lifestyle”. Because she would tell the white

Pleasing people and the pressure that comes with it.  This is a major factor in one's everyday life. Eli Remenzel, however, has been caught in the middle of just one of the many lies he will ever tell. It just happens to be that this lie was one that would make a lot of people disappointed. In the short story "The Lie", the parents, and Eli's actions make me angry.  However, I can definitely relate to what Eli is going through.

The play “The Importance of Being Earnest”, by Oscar Wilde, has the two main characters, Jack and Algernon, lie about their true identity. Besides creating comedic shenanigans for everyone involved, this lie communicates to us as the audience core concepts that can still be applied today. One concept is that love can be vain. A second concept is that lying will catch up to you. Finally, the third concept is that everything works out in the end if you tell the truth.

Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘 - Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) is an anime series based on the manga by Naoshi Arakawa. The plot follows Kōsei Arima, Kaori Miyazono and Tsubaki Sawabe as they face teenage problems in love, music, and health.

“To what extent were your ideas and or beliefs confirmed and/or challenged and extended by Justine Larbalestier’s novel Liar?”