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    and mother value, so it must have been passed onto me. The second concept that we both had in common was to find one’s personal truth and listen to others points of view. These may seem different, but in my answer of listening to others points of view, the main outcome of that is to create one’s own idea from others. This relates to my mother’s answer of finding inner truth because both concepts

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    which they use language to speak directly to the audience. They convince us to feel or think a certain way, despite the underlying truth in their speech. Iago’s speech in Act 1, Scene 1, Line 42, detailing his feelings towards Othello, and Othello’s speech at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2, prior to murdering his wife Desdemona, both use language to convey a manipulated truth and intent. These speeches inflict emotions onto the audience, as though we are being spoken to and tricked just as the characters

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    and ending his athletic career. Things spiral down for Gene as he deals with newfound guilt and a inner struggle within himself. He eventually confesses, but Phineas denies this heavily. When Gene eventually comes backs, but is then scared of the truth when another student named Brinker accuses him of Madrigal 2 causing the accident

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    uses an emotional appeal to establish himself as being on the side of truth, justice, and wisdom, and shows that by trusting in his words, the jurymen would also be in support of these principles. Furthermore, Socrates is able to establish his support of the truth and justice by addressing specific rumors and accusations set against him using an appeal to logic. These logical appeals are used to show how his defense is the truth and that the allegations against him are opinion, rumor, and unjust.

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    Life of Pi is a story of faith and survival. A story of belief and truth. Of imaginary worlds and harsh realities. Two vastly different ideas that blend together so well. A story of life and the way we comprehend it in our own ways. In the beginning of the book the narrator’s two studies at a university represent the central message of the book, truth and belief blend together to make one story. The two majors at the university were zoology and religion. These blend together to make a double-major

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    Biblical Worldview Dialogue Assignment Weekly Question: Please watch each of the following three videos, one at a time. After you complete each video, write about 100-125 words about what got your attention. It could have been something that you disagreed or agreed with, or something that you will just need to think about for a while. If something just really strikes you, you might want to pause the video while you write it down. It is very easy to rewind and replay something. Response: Video

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    There are very few absolute truths in this world, truths that for thousands of years have been consistent, and will be for thousands more. As for an example of these truths we should look no further than our very own Sun. No matter the day, no matter the weather, the Sun will rise and fall on its own time. Although this truth is not a hard one, infact it's a comforting and warming truth. The truth that the night and the cold with it will always yield to a cold morning eventually. This warmth has

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    arises every time a shadowy figure appear which sparks everyone to show their intellectual perspective on each reflection. Believing that if you understand the images that are being projected onto the cave’s wall, you will be successful in life but truth is, those pictures are just mere shadows. One day, you’re stumbling around and made a mistake finding a way out of the cave. As you are walking to the exit of the cave, you are now entering into a whole new way of life that you once didn’t know existed

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    In perhaps Plato’s most seminal work, The Republic, Plato lays out his “theory of forms”, through the voice of Socrates. The rudimentary summary of this theory is that for each word, for example table, there exists a form of table that is intelligible, but not visible. Socrates links this theory with his difference between knowledge and belief, where knowledge is what is and belief is what is and is what is not. The combination of these two principles, illustrated by the well-known “cave allegory”

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    “The Glass Menagerie,” by Tennessee Williams, is a memory play designed to reveal some type of truth by examining the life of a family living in St. Louis. However, what exactly the play is trying to reveal remains unclear even as the play draws to a close. The play ends on a slightly confusing note, with Tom, the narrator, saying “for nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura - and so goodbye....” (Williams 97) and then Laura blowing out her candles. However, upon closer

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