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In Mark Twain’s essay, “On the decay of the art of lying,” strikes me before I even went on reading. ... I thought, at first, Twain used this as a joke or maybe sarcasm. ... Twain used many ways to persuade me to change my mind about lying. First Twain used many similes for lying, he called lying a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth grace, the tenth muse, a virtue, and a principle. ... Lying is also a virtue, like Twain explains that since it is “a necessity of our circumstance,” then lying should be a virtue since everyone uses it. Twain used personification. ... Twain calls lies a club and a noble art. ... Twain also used a parallelism to show us that he is teaching an old idea that everyone knows but into a deeper level. ... Just like Twain is the old maid and we are the mothers. ... Again Twain convinced me that lying can be good, because he had more experience with it than I have, so I only know the bad ones but he knows the good and the bad, and that bad is actually less than good. There are three reasons why Twain wrote this essay. ... Twain said that times to lie is whim you lie does not hurt you nor offend the one you are talking to. ... The second lie, judicious lie, is the one which Twain to tell us lie about things that are worthy. ... The second reason I think Twain wrote the essay is to persuade us to promote lying. ... So think Twain’s statement about lies should be taught in school is not over the boundary. ... Twain also said that we need to appreciate lying and admire it as a beauty. ... This essay of Twain’s is very well written. |
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