Proctor: I’d have you see some honesty in it. Let them, that never lied die now to keep their souls. It is pretense for me, a vanity that will not blind God nor keep my children out of the wind. What does John Proctor mean with this statement in his last conversation with Elizabeth? He does not want to leave Elizabeth with the impression that he did anything wrong. The lie isn’t as terrible since he has lied to her before; it isn’t as sinful to lie again. There are many that would die before they’d lie; however, because he has lied before, he can do it again if it means staying alive. He would like to see something honest come of it all, and it isn’t as hard to tell a lie as others might think.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim