Deceiving People In Candor

In America itself everyone is different in their own unique ways. Whether you dress differently or have a different ethnicity, you have your own identity. As a human being you are able to think for yourself and make your own decisions. However, in the book Candor, it is a whole different story. The book Candor by Pam Bachorz, is about a “perfect” society with “perfect” kids. In the model community of Candor, Florida every teen wants to be like Oscar Banks. Oscar Banks is the son of the town's founder, Campbell Banks. Campbell makes sure that every person in Candor, especially the teens, act the same and dress the same. He does this by brainwashing the citizens. The parents know about the brainwashing, but they don't know the extent of it. Nobody …show more content…
They both believe in deceiving the people of Candor without them knowing about it. They do most of their deception by using the messages. Oscar gets this attribute from Campbell who has been deceiving all of the citizens ever since he first started building Candor. Even though Oscar knows his dad is deceiving people to benefit himself, Oscar proceeds to do the same because he believes that him deceiving people is benefiting them and not …show more content…
He “controls everything in Candor. Everything that is in [the teens and citizens] heads [he] puts there”(Bachorz 138).Campbell does this by brainwashing the teens and if they find out they know something about the brainwashing, he takes them to the listening room. The adults of Candor know about the brainwashing, but they don't know the side effects of the messages or how the messages operate. Campbell deceives the parents into thinking that the messages are only helping the kids be the greatest they can be and to obey their parents. When in reality Campbell is controlling every action and choice they make. Overall Campbell does not use deception to help people, but rather to control