Have you ever told a lie? That lie that you told, did you have a lot of guilt and were you worried that your parents or someone was going to find out what you did or lied about? In the book the Red Kayak Priscilla Cummings shows us that how lying leads to worry, guilt, and shame. Lying leaves you wishing you had never lied it the first place.
PaddleNorth is a memoir written by Jennifer Kingsley, chronicling her journey down the Back River in the Arctic wilderness. The book explores themes of adventure, resilience, and personal growth, as Kingsley faces numerous challenges and undergoes significant transformation along the way. The central themes of PaddleNorth, include the transformative power of nature and human connection, the importance of environmental sustainability and conservation, and the resilience and adaptability of the human spirit. One of the central themes of PaddleNorth is the transformative power of nature and human connection. Throughout the book, Kingsley describes how her journey down the Back River challenged her physically, mentally, and emotionally.
How do you feel when you lie? Anxious? Stressed? If so, then why are you lying in the first place? Personally I believe lying isn’t needed except for life or death situations.
Introduction: Today, I want to share about Maria Beasley who was a housewife, dressmaker, and inventor. We can all imagine the scene at the end of the Titanic movie where Rose is slowly letting go of Jacks hand saying, “I’ll never let go, Jack. I promise.” (www.rottentomatoes.com/m/titanic/quotes) One of Maria Beasley’s inventions, that I will talk about soon, helped save many lives on the Titanic. Not much information is found about Maria’s life, but that she was born in Philadelphia and held many jobs including a dressmaker.
What would you do if you found out a secret that changed everything? This is what happened to Brady Parks the made character of the book. This book has a great author, she is Priscilla Cummings, she was Born in 1951. Hobbies and other interests include Reading, playing piano, and taking walks.
Lying has not been formally considered morally wrong or right regardless of the severity. Although it’s near impossible to go through a whole day without even stretching the truth once and decide which types of lies are okay or not. Stephanie Ericsson uses strong metaphors and personal experiences in “The Ways We Lie” to justify the use of our everyday lying. This unbiased essay will help readers decide whether it’s okay to lie on a daily basis. Ericsson starts out with saying she told the bank that her deposit was in the mail even though she hadn't written out the check (495).
Stephanie Ericsson begins her explorative essay, “The Ways We Lie,” with a personal anecdote of all the lies she fabricated in one day. She told her bank that a deposit was in the mail when it was not, told a client that the traffic had been bad when she was late for other reasons, told her partner that her day was fine when it was really exhausting, and told her friend she was too busy for lunch when she just was not hungry, all in the course of a day. She shifts from talking about herself to talking about everyone, claiming that all people lie, exaggerate, minimize, keep secrets, and tell other lies. But, like herself, most still consider themselves honest people. She describes a week in which she tried to never tell a lie; it was debilitating, she claims.
In the Ted Talk “How to Spot a Liar” By Pamela Meyer, She spoke about the tells of a liar and why people lie. Meyers had two truths, Truth #1 lying is a cooperative act. The lie has no power until the receiver believes the lie. Everyone who has been lied to has agreed to be lied too, for example when a lady asks her husband if she looks fat in a certain clothing item. Both he
There were three major themes that persisted throughout Priscilla Cummings' book, Red Kayak. The first theme was the endurance of loss and remorse. The second theme was that actions have consequences. The last theme was don't follow in someone else's shadow when they're doing something they shouldn't be.
Many people wonder is it wrong to lie or are there some situation where lying is the best option? In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon shifts Christopher’s outlook on honesty and changed his outlook dramatically. Many people, including Christopher, believe in the statement “honesty is the best policy.” However while Christopher becomes more independent, he realizes that in some situations being dishonest might be the best answer. When his father lies to Christopher, Christopher follows his father’s actions and starts to comprehend when he must lie.
In “The Way We Lie”, author Stephanie Ericsson gives her readers a list of ten lie we sometime use it for a purpose and sometime we did not realize we did it. She starts out her story with four lie she used in the same morning as she is starting out her day. She explains these lie are intentionally use to minimize the complications and make the day goes much smoother. However, she questions whether these lie can actually make an impact on the person who carry out and the person who receive the lie.
In Tobias Wolff’s short story “The Liar,” the protagonist, James, lies to help him construct a new identity outside of his family. James tells morbid lies about his mother in order to distance himself from her. Since, the loss of his father, James no longer associates with people who are like him. The lies started after his father’s death and his mother starts noticing how much differently he was acting. Since his mother is treating him like she is disappointed in him, James begins to devolve into a state of repressed bitterness.
Annemarie is a young ten-year old girl who witnesses a tragic event in the year 1943. along the way Annemarie is lied to. Sometimes adults lie to children for their protection or they are not old enough to handle it. In Annemarie's story she is affected by lies and truth, her relationship with the adults in her life, and her journey from girlhood to womanhood.
One of the greatest commandments written in history is “Thou Shalt not lie.” From a young age we have been taught of the negative effects of lying. We are taught, as toddlers, not to cheat on tests and punished for our dishonesty when caught. But as we grow older we discover that lying is not as terrible as we were raised to believe. Sometimes lying is safer than the truth.
“The words force themselves past my lips, though they come out as barely a whisper. ‘I love you’” This is the very first time Mare Barrow is speaking her love instead of only showing it. Mare Barrow is the main character in the book the Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard. This book is about an unreal world of people divided by silver and red blood.
(Text.pg.116) Lies are morally wrong, for two reasons. First, lying corrupts the most important quality of being human: your ability to make free, rational choices is deprived of you the moment you tell a lie. Each lie you tell contradicts the part of you that gives you moral worth. Second, lies deprive others of their freedom to choose rationally. When your lie leads people to decide other than they would have had they known the truth, you have harmed their human dignity and autonomy.