The Censors And A Visit To Grandmother

     Since this country was founded, we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the

In “Censorship: A Personal View”, the author, Judy Blume, argues that the censorship is the biggest restrictions that turn young people away from books that they are interested in. Blume first indicates that the censorship already existed while she was a kid. She provides her personal experience as a kid toward the curiosity about adult world that she wanted to read from books, but her parents and school were very careful and selective about what books she could read. Blume then expresses her own views on censorship while she likes to write the controversial topics as a writer. She provides her own experience while many of her books were banned because the topics in her book were dangerous to young people, and the censorship proposed the alternative

Throughout her essay, Ericsson fails to provide substantial evidence for the lies that preserve our mental health or even the ones that keep our families safe from harm. According to Ericsson, lies often possess the ability to poison our lives, but what about the lies that save them? Refusing to tell a

In the story, the woman again withholds information, when she kills a dog that often comes to the family’s yard and does not tell her children. She likely killed it because she did not know how long they were going to be gone. Besides that, the dog was not healthy and would not survive with them gone. She does not tell her children because it would only make them unhappy, and also so they do not realize that they will have to stay at the internment camp indefinitely. People will act as trees, shielding people from sunlight or truth, even if people want the truth. A tree is similar to concealing facts in that they both obstruct perspective; trees obstruct visual perspective, and hiding facts obstruct internal perspective. Both may seem beneficial; shade seems better than burning up in the sun and being naive often prevents distress. However, sometimes people would prefer to sit in the sunlight or know the truth and understand the situation. Individuals will do things that they think are protecting those they care about just to prevent them from

He was shocked at the “subtle and conniving ways employed by people to pass on subversive messages” (Valenzuela 968) and censored much of the letters he analyzed. Juan’s zeal was noticed by his superiors, and he was soon promoted to Section B, where he was to read and reread the letters as well as search them with magnifying glasses and electron microscopes for microdots. His work was so tiring; he barely managed to eat dinner before falling into bed at night. His mother worried for him, and, although it was not always the truth, told him that Lola and the girls were at the bar and missed him. Juan never indulged though, for he would be distracted, and he could not afford that. He was the most cunning at the Censorship Division and was about to congratulate himself for finding his true mission, when he received his letter to Mariana. Without regret, Juan censored it, and the next morning was executed: “one more victim of his devotion to his work” (Valenzuela 968).

The narrator starts the story giving background information about the grandmother and her son, Bailey. The narrator explains that the "grandmother didn't want to go to Florida" (320). Although a major conflict could result from her dislike of the family's choice of vacation spots, it does not. When

O'Connor does the same thing here; the grandmother's first action was to convince her son, Bailey, into going were she wanted to go, a selfish act, not a trait that we see a grandmother having. Also she thought out a plan to get what she wanted by acting as if she cared about her family's safety. "Now looks here, Bailey........ see here, read this...Here this fellow that calls himself the Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed towards Florida and you read here what is says he did to these people(328)." The grandmother's relationship right away to the reader is one that can not be trusted. Throughout the story you now question the grandmother's intentions, are they honest or selfish.

When on the other hand, lies depict an unconfidential way to “protect” the truth from doing unnecessary harm. People lie because they don’t see the truth as necessary, don’t want to hurt anyone, or to help gain love and respect from others. However, this is over powered with the importance of coming into reality because one cannot live in a fantasy created by others meant to shield them from the resentful truth, and of finally “seeing.” All in all, the author’s imagery at the end leaves the reader thinking about the liberation that comes from hope and a fresh start. Lastly, does a lie really protect a loved one from hurt and pain, or is the truth always

The Ways We Lie addresses the main topic of avoiding the truth promptly. Factions of lying, especially those not ordinarily considered deceit, are presented, and personal anecdotes as well as historical precedents magnify personal appeal along with logic. The purpose of this essay is to encourage people to abstain from dishonesty. For illustration, the author states,”I cannot seem to escape the voice deep inside

The character of the mother executes the tell-tale signs of counterfeit happiness when she tells the murderous story of the narrator’s father’s brother. “‘Oh honey,’ she said, ‘there’s a lot that you don’t know. But you are going to find out’” (36).

Stephanie Ericsson, through personal anecdotes in her essay “The Ways We Lie,” reveals that no matter how big or how small, a lie is a lie. Throughout the essay, she defines the different ways people lie and explains to the reader the significance of the lies they tell. At the same time, she gives examples in which she lies because she believes that “we lie. We all do.” This keeps the readers from thinking she is criticizing everyone, but herself. As she sees it, we need to take in consideration the consequences of the lies we tell before telling the bank “my deposit is in the mail” when it isn’t. Such use of personal anecdotes support the theme and strengthen the essay because they establish pathos which move the audience to realize the impact

Telling the truth is not always the simplest solution. In times of guilt and distress, most fear that the truth will only further complicate a situation. The selfish fear that complications will have negative impacts on one’s own image can persuade one to avoid reality completely. However, no matter how hard it may be, it is always best to be transparent. In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini indicates that in an order to preserve one’s honour, people will deceive others, flee their situations and dismiss reality. However, the truth is always revealed. Deception can appear to be the easiest way to handle an undesirable circumstance, but the results can prove to be pernicious.

In The “The Censor “ they treat Honesty as almost to a certain extent to in the beginning he wasn't honest and gradually forgot about the letter and was honest to himself as to why he got the job.They tread deception to where you would think because he was doing such a great job he would receive a reward but later on gets executed for being a censor in which is a social issue around the world. It is its own paradox in which all of those extra steps were useless and had no meaning.

Although seemingly innocent, the small town of Corrigan, where the novel, Jasper Jones, is set, is home to a vast number of lies and secrets, and holds an immense amount of deception and manipulation within its walls. Secrets are a pivotal part of life and the human experience, and Jasper Jones reflects this in a relevant and thought-provoking manner, presenting the ways in which secrets and deceits can alter a person’s life for the worse, and cause emotional damage and trauma to those involved with the dishonesty.

Judith Viorst’s “The Truth about Lying” briefly introduces the topic of Protective lies, in which one lies to protect the other party from the truth; however, it is very presumptuous to assume we always know what’s “good” for the person. Even if, going by the previous example, one knows telling the truth about the money and being forced to buy alcohol for the father is going to have a bad effect on the father, we never know the intentions behind the drinking of the father, or whether the father is saving up secretly for the daughter. There are so many ‘what-ifs’ that we cannot presumably present lying as fully justifiable. Thus, even if lying may be with good intentions, I claim that Miriam’s statement is true because lying destroys the trust in both sides of the relationship, avoids instead of resolves conflicts, and maintains boundaries.