People have many different opinions about dishonesty and its effect on society. Some believe that it is the cause for most problems and it is detrimental. Personally, I do not consider dishonesty to be destroying American culture and society. The lines are blurred when it comes to lying and morality. In today’s world it sometimes seems that lying is the only option and that honesty would actually cause more harm than good. A world with complete honesty may be a good idea in theory but in real life it would be a disaster. Therefore, honesty is more destructive to society than dishonesty.
There is a pretty large gray area when it comes to ethics and dishonesty. The world would be a much easier place to navigate if everything was black and white. …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald Bernice is an awkward girl who is not very popular. Her cousin, Marjorie is popular and decides to make it her mission to make Bernice popular and likeable. Throughout the story Bernice is technically lying to everyone because she turns into a person she is not. She is a fake version of herself and therefore a lie. However, this is not necessarily destroying culture in the world. The new Bernice, who is technically a lie, may not be a better person than she was before. Nevertheless, no one in the world is a perfect person and everyone makes some bad choices. Bernice was not the nicest person, but one could argue that she actually helped to add culture to the world. By changing her appearance and cutting her hair she is helped fuel the rebellious culture of the time. Another way lying in the story added to culture is that there are many movies similar to this topic. For example, in the story Fitzgerald writes, “Bending over she found one of the braids of Marjorie's hair, followed it up with her hand to the point nearest the head, and then holding it a little slack so that the sleeper would feel no pull, she reached down with the shears and severed it” (Fitzgerald 11). As we discussed in class, this act of cutting off Marjorie’s hair is similar to the ending of Mean Girls where Georgina gets hit by the
There is a pretty large gray area when it comes to ethics and dishonesty. The world would be a much easier place to navigate if everything was black and white. …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald Bernice is an awkward girl who is not very popular. Her cousin, Marjorie is popular and decides to make it her mission to make Bernice popular and likeable. Throughout the story Bernice is technically lying to everyone because she turns into a person she is not. She is a fake version of herself and therefore a lie. However, this is not necessarily destroying culture in the world. The new Bernice, who is technically a lie, may not be a better person than she was before. Nevertheless, no one in the world is a perfect person and everyone makes some bad choices. Bernice was not the nicest person, but one could argue that she actually helped to add culture to the world. By changing her appearance and cutting her hair she is helped fuel the rebellious culture of the time. Another way lying in the story added to culture is that there are many movies similar to this topic. For example, in the story Fitzgerald writes, “Bending over she found one of the braids of Marjorie's hair, followed it up with her hand to the point nearest the head, and then holding it a little slack so that the sleeper would feel no pull, she reached down with the shears and severed it” (Fitzgerald 11). As we discussed in class, this act of cutting off Marjorie’s hair is similar to the ending of Mean Girls where Georgina gets hit by the