Most would say that it's best to lie sometimes for the sake of others and their feelings ,but others would argue that it's best to speak the truth always. I agree that it's best to tell the truth all the time. When a person is honest, it strengthens their relationship with others and lets people know that they have someone who will always tell them the truth instead of what they would want to hear. In short stories like “The Open Window’’ by Saki, “ the Cask of Amontillado’’ and” The Scarlet Ibis” the main characters told lies to either get revenge, for their own amusement or for their own reputation. If they were to have told the truth throughout the story they could have solved many problems in a responsible way.
“THE thousand injuries …show more content…
Framton Nuttel goes to stay with Mrs. Sappleton, once there he meets her creative niece Vera. She later tells him a very well thought of story that lead to death of three men and a dog. "Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day's shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered.” ( Saki)Later three men and the dog returns, once Mr nuttle sees them, he bolts for the door, leaving the Sappleton Residence.”In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?” (Saki) Because of Vera’s lie,Mr.Nuttel never got to try solve his health problems at the Sappleton residence.She might of causing more damage to his mental
“THE thousand injuries …show more content…
Framton Nuttel goes to stay with Mrs. Sappleton, once there he meets her creative niece Vera. She later tells him a very well thought of story that lead to death of three men and a dog. "Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day's shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered.” ( Saki)Later three men and the dog returns, once Mr nuttle sees them, he bolts for the door, leaving the Sappleton Residence.”In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?” (Saki) Because of Vera’s lie,Mr.Nuttel never got to try solve his health problems at the Sappleton residence.She might of causing more damage to his mental