Everybody lies -- or do they? Do you lie? Is there a difference between a "white lie" and a more harmful lie? Are there circumstances when it is acceptable to lie? How do you feel when someone lies to you and you discover it?
Your task: Write a paragraph (7-10 sentences) in which you discuss some aspect of lying. Your paragraph could be a personal experience with lying. Perhaps you would like to explore how our culture may (or may not) encourage lying. Your stance on the topic is up to you. Be sure to use correct capitalization and punctuation. Respond by midnight Tuesday, April 5, 1011.
My response: I have never been a good liar. When I was young, I would try to cover up my misdeeds by telling a lie, but it was easy to see right through me. I can clearly remember one incident in which I was confronted by my mother in the bathroom. My mother was standing in front of the toilet, the brightness of the sink's strip light shining on her as if she were purposely spotlighted to enhance her authority. I stood in semi-darkness as she accused me of lying to her. As I proceeded to tell that untruth, the palms of my hands began to sweat profusely. Wiping my hands on my pants, I knew I was stumbling and stammering over my explanation. All the while, I repeatedly wiped my sweaty hands on my pants. The incident about which I was lying has long since fled my memory; its importance was overshadowed by my realization that I was a bad liar. I am grateful for that realization and its resultant humiliation -- it has made me scrupulously honest, even when it is personally embarrassing. In my mind it is better to tell the truth than to be caught in a lie.
Well I consider myself to be a good lier if the need should happen. I am not admitting to being a very good lier, but I have done a few in my life time. It's nothing to be proud of but I believe we all have been down that road. You know I can't remember my last lie because its something I don't do on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteDuring my childhood I had no such unluckly event that could make me to white lier or harmful lier,because I had been under strict control of my parents.After being adult, sometimes I have to do white lie in unavoidable circumstances,but immediately after doing that I feel guilty. I am always trying to avoid harmful lie.Yes,there is difference between white lie and harmful lie.The white lie can't much reflect on the human society as the harmful lie does.Example, the lie of politician is harmful.
ReplyDeleteI consider myself a goog liar sometimes. Yes, its a difference between a white lie and harmful lie. To me a white lie is just to get you out of trouble but, a harmful lie could hurt people feelings. Certain occassions a lie is needed when your caught doing something to get yourself out of it lie. Well sometimes I be mad when people lie but, hey thats what you have expect when you lie to people.
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Growing up as a child my mother would put the responsibility on me to ask my father for lunch money or anything I may have needed for that week. Knowing how she felt about him (not a strong believer in anything he said) I would tell her a lie to try and cover up the lye he told me. I would indeed do just as my mother would ask of me. But, for some reason he could not and would not tell me he did not have it, nor would he tell me no. Instead he would lie and say he is coming and he never did. I lied to cover up a lie. No, it was not right, but I was trying to keep peace.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young I wasn't great at lying, I would feel as though people's eyes could penetrate right through my head and see inside my mind. As I grew into an adult I made friends with a really cool guy. This guy is really good at lying. I picked up on his techniques and became a excellent liar myself. Now I understand that's nothing to be proud of , but it does have it's benefits. I used to lie a lot but I changed that like three months ago. I didn't want to lie anymore. In my opinion when you lie to people your putting on a mask and not showing your true colors to them. I'm not a fake person so, I discontinued.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was around the age of 10 years I wanted to ride my bike up the street and back but my mother had told me no. So I told her OK and went and started to ride my bike in the front of the yard but then I got bored and what did I do, not listen, so I started to ride my bike as fast as I could down the rocky-dirt road to then see my grandparents down the other road in front of me. I tried to turn around as fast as I could so that they would not see me and as I was doing so I fell and cut up my whole leg and was mortified to go back home because I had disobeyed my mothers request. Well I final got home and went to tell my mother what had happened(a lie of course). She came around the corner of the kitchen where I was standing and she said,"what happened?"and i had told her, I had fallen on the drive way. About a hour later my grandparents show up and I start to think to myself great the gig is up and I have have minutes till I get my but beat, so what do I do I go running to my parents crying saying sorry I should have listened to you because If I were to have listened to you I would have never gotten my leg all scratched up and my mother looks at me and say thank you for telling the truth but I had saw the whole thing. I walk away thinking I had gotten away with it but turns out after my grandparents left I was told I was in time-out for a week, no TV, no video games, no nothing so I learned my lesson that you have to deal with the consequences of lying and I did. I really don't lie now tell you the truth because I don't do to others,what I don't want to be done back to me.
ReplyDelete"Gulity until proven innocent" is a famous quote used when being accused of a crime. But there is another quote " if it don't fit, you must acquit. Our culture encourage lying in a way because they will hide evidence, try to blame someone else or just lie about it. There was this time when my sister boyfriend went and brought a cupcake with chocolate with candy on top and, sneaky me ate a piece of candy off the top not knowing that it was for his co-worker. So my sister asked everybody in the house myself included and we all said "no" but, there was still one suspect left my niece and it was obvicious that it wasn't her because she doesn't like chocolate. Moreover, my sister was still on the hunt for the candy thief and I don't know what made her ask me again but she did and I told her no(which I did). And still till this day she thinks I'm guilty but I say " if it don't fit, you must acquit". Shh!
ReplyDeleteIn all of my experiences, I have never been a very good lier. For example, when I was a teenager, my mother had a curfew for me to come home, when I went out with my friends. But when I arrived home late one night, my mother questioned me why I passed the curfew. I tried my best to lie and come up with excuses such as I couldn't get a ride, we lost track of time, etc. As of course my mother saw right through me, because of my different pitch in voice and my story didn't make any sense. After that, my mother grounded me for a month and I couldn't hang out with my friends. So I learned not to lie or otherwise I will suffer the consequences.
ReplyDeleteI believe that lying is very harmful. There were moment in my life where I have lied to get my way out of things. Small white lies I consider harmful, but they are more like big lies. Each lie has there circumstances, depending on the situation. But overall, lying is never right because most likely you will have to continue to lie in order to cover the first lie.
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