PERSONAL NARRATIVE: Banaji and Greenwald describe lies that people tell because they believe they more wholly represent the truth than the actual truth, even though that sounds like backwards logic. In a narrative of 300 words, describe a “blue lie” of your own, as defined by the authors. Your narrative should include the reasoning behind your lie, such as why you believed it to be more “true” than the actual truth, whom you told it to, and what happened as a result.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?