Luc Sante: What Secrets Tell

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This activity contains 3 questions.

How many types of secrets does Sante identify? What other kinds of secrets can you think of besides those Sante mentions? Do you agree with the reasons Sante cites for the breakdown of secrecy? Why or why not?

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Describe a time an important secret was kept from you and/or a time when you kept an important secret from someone else. In either or both cases, explain why the secrets were kept and what the results of the secrecy were.

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Write an essay about the attractions of secrecy, both keeping secrets and learning them. Consider secrecy’s benefits and drawbacks in both the personal realm and in the public world.

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