I believe what Agnes to keep her bestfriend was the right choice even though she lied to her mother. Agnes’ choice showed that her friendship was more important to her than being honest …show more content…
Your friend is someone that probably grew up with you. In the text “Sin” Agnes made the decision to lie to her mother not knowing that she was going to hurt anyone by lyng. It was easier for her to betray her mother and let people down instead of losing her best friend. Her decision clearly shows how it’s easier to betray your country than your friend.
My counter claim argument is that if you betray your country instead of your one friend you’re choosing to hurt a lot of people instead of one person. Your country is where you were born and has your people. Betraying all the people in it instead of one friend is possibly the worst thing you could do to your people. In the text “Sin” Agnes should’ve told her friend Lilly the truth, even though she would’ve lost her best friend she wouldn’t have been forced to lie to her mother. However Agnes did not know that what she was doing was going to hurt anyone, she thought she was doing the right thing for