Journal 53: Slanted Truth

The is not always told to its full extent, many times by doing so it protect one from the truth that hurts. Slanted truths are truths told with a slight twist or a truth with some detail left out. It is not exactly lying but its not the truth either because it doesn't tell the person the whole thing. Its like reading a novel to someone and only giving them the setting and a few events without a conclusion or even characters.  Telling a lie to me is to fabricate all information and include bits of truth. A slant truth is a puzzle missing a few pieces. Slant truths are told to lessen the harm it can inflict on a person. Too much truth can make it seem like a lie at time and make people distrust it and deny the fact that it is not a lie. sometimes it is told on accident because the person telling it doesn't think certain details were necessary; however most times it is on purpose. In Dickinson's poems she she real truth is too much and can blind a person. By Blind I believe she means to confuse or to shut them from the truth. To tell someone the full truth is  not always making them believe its truth  o recognize that it true.