Family Disclosure Theme

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The theme i'm writing about is to be fully disclosure and always be honest to your family. I'm going to write about me personal life relating to this theme. Now we all lie ,no one is perfect on this earth but when bruno lied about something big like he did in the book that can cause him to die with his best friend(shmuel)in a gas chamber. I had lied about something big before but not for me to die or go to jail or something like that.I was nine years old like bruno and i told my mom i was going to my friends house because he's down the street ,plus we know everyone...well most people in the neighborhood. She said it was fine and let me go, but the only problem was I wasn't going to my friends house,I was going to my dad's house so i can

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