No. 7
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the
assignment below.
There are two kinds of pretending. There is the bad kind, as when a person
falsely promises to be your friend. But there is also a good kind, where the pretense
eventually turns into the real thing. For example, when you are not feeling particularly
friendly, the best thing you can do, very often, is to act in a friendly manner. In a few
minutes, you may really be feeling friendlier.
Adapted from a book by C. S. Lewis
Assignment: Can deception — pretending that something is true when it is
not — sometimes have good results? Plan and write an essay in which you develop
your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples
taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
