My Title

The way I came across this title is quite interesting. When we were first assigned this task of making a blog to explain our title, I knew we had to have an interesting one. I tried to think of paradoxes and oxymorons that would suit literature. I began to think of quotes from books I have read. One in particular jumped out at me which was about truth. Immediately my brain rushed to find an oxymoron that would go hand in hand with truth. Lies suddenly came to mind. Then the phrase “where truth lies” came to mind. It was perfect because it fit literature so well.

I found it to be quite an appropriate title for an English class blog because it shares a lot in common with literature. Literature is full of devices such as irony and double entendres. This title is an oxymoron, which gives it an element of irony. The irony being that a truth can not lie. If this blog is somewhere where truth lies, then it is where irony is at home. If literature is home to irony, so is my blog about literature. The double entendre of this title is that not only can the truth be false here; the truth may also be the truth. There are many truths in literature. Whether it is factual truths or spiritual truth, truth is undoubtedly abundant in literature. This title will truly keep you guessing, wondering, and asking questions; three goals that literature sets out to accomplish every day.

Now for my blogs, it is up to you to decide if it is truly where the truth lies or if it is another case of where the truth lies.