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This 3 page paper analyzes the psychological ideas behind secrets as presented in the NY Times article: What Secrets Tell by Luc Sante. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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your average human. What seems to hold true throughout the piece is the power that obtaining and/or guarding a secret can bring to a person. In a larger picture, Sante
offers that without secrets, society would cease to exist as we know it. This urge to confess is repeated in numerous ways, it would seem, and as such one finds
that Sante may have hit the proverbial nail upon its psychological head. Consider that mankind is the only mammal that is capable or interested in keeping a secret. This of
course begs the question: why? Sante believes that secrets give the holder a certain power which psychologically makes him feel fortified against the average human in the urban jungle. Additionally,
secrets give one power as it equates to advantage, such as in an office situation. Lastly, secrets give one power in that they have a secret and it is to
their sole discretion as to whether the secret is passed on or not. Therein lies the psychology of the secret. It is not necessarily the need to confess as the
promise that one could if one wanted to. The secret itself, then, is not so much important as the ability to keep certain information from others. What also seems
to come into play is when someone is known to be keeping a secret about something. This elevates the status of the holder of the secret in the eyes of
his comrades to the point that if the secret were ever divulged, there would be a loss of power. However, after having said that, there seems to come a time
when others begin to suspect that the holder really doesnt have a secret at all. At this point, then, the holder generally takes great delight in sharing the secret. There
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