Lying By Annemarie: A Short Story

Adults sometimes lie to children for a certain reason. It could be to protect themselves. It might be for someone they love and do not want to hurt them so they lie to protect. They can lie because they are afraid of someone or something. In Annemarie’s story, lies and truths are told, she has a relationship to the adults in her life, and her journey from girlhood to womanhood are greatly effective.
Annemarie gets lied to throughout her story but she also gets told the truth. Most of the time it is to protect her from all the other stuff going on. An example of a lie is when her parents did not tell Annemarie about Lise’s death. They told her she was in a car accident but that was not the whole story. “That night, Annemarie’s parents told her the truth about Lise’s death at the beginning of the war.” “She was part of the Resistance, too,” Papa had explained. “Part of the group that fought for our country in whatever ways they could. From the military car, they saw her running, and simply ran her down.”(Page 129-130). They kept Lise’s death to themselves and finally …show more content…
She was wanting to play and run. She realizes, throughout the war, what is really happening when her best friend, Ellen and her family, were in danger. She had to be more responsible and help out with their safety. This is when Annemarie became more like a woman then just a child. Annemarie had to be like an adult when she had to take the package to Uncle Henrik. She had a big responsibility to take care of and that made her more like a woman. She had to pretend she was a little girl and that took responsibility. “Annemarie, you understand how dangerous this is. If any soldiers see you, if they stop you, you must pretend to be nothing more than a little girl,” Mama said.(Page 105). She had a big responsibility that was dangerous to do. Annemarie grew more and more responsible throughout the book and more like a