In the short story‚ Like the Sun‚ author R.K. Narayan expresses the importance of telling the truth‚ being honorable‚ and imposes the consequences of telling the truth. In this short story the main character Sekhar reflects on truth and decides to tell the complete truth for one whole day. He goes through a series of challenges throughout the day‚ but still sticks to his promise to tell the truth. Sekhar believed this was an honorable thing to do. In the end though he has to face the consequences
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are thought to be honest no matter how difficult it may be and are granted accolade‚ for the encouragement of doing it again. Honesty is favored in life by everyone‚ so people know the facts and build our character on it. People use honesty on our likes and dislikes in life‚ and by letting others know a part of our lives. Everyone is entitled the right to be sincere‚ but there are those who are imposters of candor because honesty is difficult to express rather than lying which requires minimal courage
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“LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed
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deeper truth. Irony is the effect created when a writer sets up contrasts between readers’ or characters’ expectation and reality. In this essay i will compare and contrast how the authors of “Like the sun” and “The open window” present the concepts of truth and deception. Then i will also state what rolls paradox and irony play. In the book “Like the Sun” Narayan uses paradox to show how telling the truth really can do more harm than it can help. In the beginning he decides Sekhar (the main character)
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“ Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” In the story “ Like the Sun” Sekhar plans to tell the truth for a whole day‚ but telling the truth got Sekhar in trouble. He ends up lying to his wife and kids. Honesty is not always the best policy because‚ it could hurt someone’s feelings‚ get someone into serious trouble‚ Firstly‚ Honesty is not the best policy because you could hurt someone’s feelings. If someone asks you if they look alright and you say no‚ they are going to take that offensive. In
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expect to get it immediately regardless of the situation of the people around us. As babies grow up‚ a majority of them tend to come to the realization that selfishness just results in conflict. This is evident in the stories The Open Window‚ Like the Sun‚ and Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket. These three stories clearly depict that when characters begin to lose consideration for others and act in a selfish manner‚ conflicts tend to arise‚ and it often does not end well. In The Open Window‚
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Essay On Sun The Sun has the reputation of being the most stable burning star‚ astronomers observe. Its extreme stability allows humans to exist on Earth. But this stability won’t last forever. The sun is a burning star that allows the planet Earth to sustain life and flourish over the life span of the hydrogen giant. A few questions arise with the sun and its ability to burn so bright without being unstable. For one‚ if this were possible‚ could swallow up to 109 earths to put the stars size
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A raisin in the sun (2008) Textual Analysis Task:- The film ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ (2008) is the hybridity genre of comedy and a realist drama. Its setting is a small apartment in Chicago‚ in the 1950s at times of racism segregation and also segregation towards women. The situation is that the protagonist is the film wants to be rich. The target audience for this film would be from the age of 18+ as I feel it is directed more to the older people in society although the film is a PG. Its demographic
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Shakespeare’s Mistress Was Only Human In William Shakespeare’s [My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun] he talks about his mistress as being less then all the things that he compares her to. In some ways this is a good thing‚ but yet again it is a little hurtful and actually a bet cruel. However in the last few stanzas he states that if this woman was not a human‚ they would not be able to love each other. Even though Shakespeare is in a way insulting his mistress it is more heart felt
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Today’s presentation will focus on “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” by William Shakespeare and “Sonnet 147” also by William Shakespeare. These poems‚ which both deal with the concept of beauty and love are interesting because they contradict each other even though they were written by the same poet and have the same themes. William Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616‚ an era known as the renaissance period. This obviously influenced Shakespeare’s writing as he wrote about love and beauty
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