Favorite Piece of Literature

This year, as an eleventh grader who is forced to read essays and books throughout the whole school year, I was actually quite surprised when I found myself fancying "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson. This piece of literature had be wondering and thinking about all the times I have lied (I never lie) and made me realize that every individual has incorporated one of those ten types of lies at least once in their lifetime. Also, because it was extremely straightforward and was written in such a clear format, it made it more enjoyable to  the readers. It also was one of the most recent essays that was written, and the examples were fairly easy to relate to. As a teenager, we tend to consider ourselves as wise and sneaky, but after reading this essay you realize that all our actions and lies have been done and even analyzed! Stephanie Ericsson wrote her essay with a vocabulary that was not difficult to comprehend, and did not involve the task of searching for words in a dictionary. Furthermore, the subject the author wrote about certainly does not appeal to only one specific person or community, which eases the process of grasping the author's message; and, not to say the least, it makes the essay worth my precious time. Sure, I love reading about a proposal that encourages readers to eat babies as much as the next guy; but this particular piece of literature has succeeded with connecting its audience with the main moral of the essay.