Sekhar's Short Story Tell All The Truth

The sun’s rays has the potential to cause harm on the human body. The previous statement is a true one, and the same principles of the sun apply to telling the truth. Like the sun’s rays, the truth could hurt people. When protecting oneself from the sun, one would apply sunscreen, so should be done with the truth. If the truth is delivered in a delicate way, there would be little or no emotional damage to deal with.

True statements can be dangerous, seeing as society has set expectations for specific situations. For example, in the short story, Like the Sun, the main character is informed that a co-worker had passed away. Seeing as Sekhar, the main character, was not entirely fond of the man, he did not show sympathy toward his death, rather, he exclaimed his distaste for his former colleague, by stating “He always struck me as a mean and selfish brute.” Much like in several other situations Sekhar was placed in, there was a negative response from the man who received the blunt honesty Sekhar gave him. Sekhar quickly learns that the plain truth is not typically what people are expecting to hear, let alone, what they prefer to hear.

As Sekhar found, telling the blunt truth has repercussions. This is so elegantly explained in the poem Tell all the Truth, but Tell

In his story, Sekhar learns through experience, whereas in Tell the Truth but Tell it Slant, it is simply a written message. In addition, the poem explains why the truth might hurt others by stating “The Truth must dazzle gradually/Or every man be blind-.” Sekhar, though mentioning several times that he is aware of the power of the truth, he never gives a reason as to why it is so powerful. Tell the Truth but Tell it Slant plainly states how most people are not prepared to emotionally handle the truth. The poem for this reason, could be thought of as more helpful than Like the Sun to those considering exposing the full