As a society I don’t think that some people don’t intend to lie to hurt someone intentionally all the time but they lie to make them feel better some times. Is this always the case, I don’t think so, I just think that as a whole society has almost condoned lying in some aspect, little white lies. As it was quoted in the book by Nietzche “There is only one world, and that is false, cruel, contradictory, misleading, senseless. We need lies to vanquish this reality, this “truth”, we need lies in order to live. That lying is a necessity of life itself a
Learning to Lie Phillip “Po” Bronson Bronson explains in this story how children start to lie at a very early age. He believes lying is related to intelligence and that lying is both normal and abnormal behavior. Bronson’s research showed that the earlier a child starts lying, the more intelligent they are and will become. Even though 98% of children believed that lying was morally wrong, they were the ones who were lying the most. Bronson’s research also showed that children learn from their parents.
On the other hand The History Teacher by Billy Collins deals with the euphemisms a history teacher uses in an attempt to protect his students’ innocence but in the end it turns out that the students are everything but innocent. These two poems are written in very different styles and even the reason for the lie is different which means that the only similarity would be the main theme of the poem which involves and adult lying to a child to protect him. The reason for the lie, the result of the lie, and the speaker’s attitude about lying to the child, lead us to understand that each of the poems is directed to a child of a different age. In A Barred Owl there are no apparent reasons for the adult to lie to the child, it is just a stupid lie in an attempt to get the child to go back to sleep. This is due to the fact that the child is about four to five years old, time when most of the kids suffer from nightmares.
They are going through many body and chemical changes. To get a child to talk about sexual abuse could be hard and I believe that is an issue that should be addressed. There are other books, I would consider, such as “My Body Is Special: A Family Book About Sexual Abuse, Elf Help Book” by Cynthia Geisen. Even though it is elementary, we have to consider that some students may not have ever been educated on what is right or wrong when it comes to touching others. I was never touched by anyone but when I was in middle school and was growing into my womanly body, a boy who was 2 years older than me told me I had “milk jugs”.
Many times, people get scared of the truth and try to hide from it. Thats when emotions and feelings get hurt. But then sumtimes, u get these
David does not understand the severity of such status until he meets Sophie, a girl who was born with an extra toe on each foot. David befriends Sophie and keeps her secret. When her secret is discovered by another boy in the district, Sophie and her family are forced to flee. As a result David realizes that, if his secret is discovered, he will suffer dire consequences. As David gets older, he and the other telepathic children master the use of their abilities.
The judgement of humans in any way causes an illusion of fear for the person. Discrimination is a major role that the community plays and people tend to become afraid and aware of this situation. In The Chrysalids by John Wyndham a nuclear radiation causes a difference between a human and a deviation. The Waknuk society discriminates based on their perception of the true image, without any proof of the genuine definition which impacts people with great fear. The society breeds ignorance of the physical change of a “true image” that is not subsequently developed, influences the fear of deviations.
People are tempted and forced to do things that they could never imagine or believe themselves doing. Believe it or not, it can change your overall demeanor and personality. In order to relieve stress, people will do crazy things such as disobeying the law, drugs, or killing one another, adults especially. We would not want death to be a solution in any situation. In conclusion, In the novel “A Long way Gone, memoirs of a boy soldier” by Ishmael Beah, told a story about how adults broke down a dramatical time of crisis which commonly related to the way the children represented themselves and their overall social aspect which lied within their hands.
The children in the video where asked if they have ever bullied someone else. All of the answers that they gave where no. They were then asked to think hard about it, if they have any siblings and if they picked on them or made fun of them, or joked around with their friends making fun of them. Each one of them all changed their answers to a yes. Kids do not always realize what they are doing to others can be hurtful, whether it be to a sibling or a friend.
Sometimes, people lie to help out someone they care about. Sometimes people lie to spread rumors about another or to hurt someone. In the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck lies on numerous occasions. Some of them are to help others and some are because he is scared of the outcome. In some situations I can be proud of my lying.