Definition Essay: What Is Truth?

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What is truth? It is the realisation of revealing the authentic genuine state of a particular subject?
If so then how can we dictate whether something is true or false? How do we decide whether something is honest of nature or dishonest, take a written text for example, fables like Aesop’s Grasshopper and the ant, in their very nature are fiction narratives but underlie a truth to teach a moral lesson that can be applicable to reality. So, what is realistic text that evokes supernatural characteristics to seemingly come off as false or fiction? The question that I’m trying to entail, before it gets too confusing is that, if roles regarding true and false is easily manipulated, construed or switched around one another to the writer’s utilization. How can we then distinguish whether it is true or false. Before I continue to ramble upon more …show more content…

Now I’m afraid that this essay might wonder off into a space of super enlightenment and awareness that the actual contextual substance might come off as too wishy washy or, self-contradictory so I’m going to narrow it down and focus on a particular aspect of truths in text. And in this case I will be presenting the contemporary polarizing issue of fake hip hop vs real hip hop. Urban and aggressive are commonly considered characteristics to identify as, ‘real hip hop’ and Pop sounding records and moving towards Mainstream compatibility is usually identified as ‘fake hip hop’ . taking examples from two songs ‘Swimming Pools’ by Kendrick Lamar vs ‘Turn my swag on’ by Soulja Boy. In Kendrick Lamar’s track swimming pools, he talks about the peer pressure of liquor and substance influence surrounding his lifestyle. Soulja Boy on the other hand talks about hoping out of the bed and