The main case against Mr. Boone is that he lied to Christopher about his mother’s death. Mrs. Boone no longer loved Mr. Boone and she went away with their neighbor Mr. Shears, leaving Mr. Boone to take care of Christopher on his own. After she left, Mr. Boone told Christopher “that she died of a heart attack” and that he wouldn’t be able to see her again(27). By not revealing the truth of his mother’s absence, he fabricates the truth by saying that she is dead, which is a lie. Christopher hates lies and he says himself that “ loving someone is … telling them the truth” so by Mr. Boone not telling the truth about his mother, to Christopher that means that his father doesn’t love him. The lie establishes a hole between the relationship between
