“ If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.” (Bruce Lee). In The book, “ The Pool Party”, Emily and Sandy are going to a pool party. Sandy lies to her parents so she can go. Sandy gets there and starts drowning, she ends up in the hospital. In the short story, “ The pool party by anonymous , illustrates the theme , If you don’t tell the truth you may suffer the ramification of lying, through characters, setting and plot components .
To begin with, the author introduces the theme through the use of characters. Sandy and Emily are friends in 7th grade. Emily and Sandy are invited to Allison’s house. When Emily and Sandy are walking to Allison’s house Emily is surprised by “ Her friends ease a lying to her parents” ( 1 ) Sandy is lying to …show more content…
The house that sandy is going to has a pool. Sandy does not know how to swim but is going anyway. In Allison’s backyard, Sandy is walking and gets bumped “ ...someone accidentally bumped against Sandy… fell into pool… Sandy did not know how to swim at all.”( 2 ) The party is taking place at Allison’s house, Sandy’s parents do not know where she is. There is a pool and Sandy does not know how to swim. So, Sandy has an emergency and since she lied about her friends and lied to her parents they don’t know where she is to help her. Pursuing this further, the author also displays the theme through the plot. Allisons went to the hospital after drowning. She is recovering, and her mother is talking to her. Sandy is fully recovered and her mom says “ Why didn’t you tell me that you wanted to go to her party… Sandy was put on punishment for a week...A change came over her and her family.” Clearly, her mom didn’t know, and Sandy suffered the result. Sandy then learns from her mistakes and is more trustworthy to her family. If she told her family in the first place, though there could have been no problems and she could still have her family’s
To begin with, the author introduces the theme through the use of characters. Sandy and Emily are friends in 7th grade. Emily and Sandy are invited to Allison’s house. When Emily and Sandy are walking to Allison’s house Emily is surprised by “ Her friends ease a lying to her parents” ( 1 ) Sandy is lying to …show more content…
The house that sandy is going to has a pool. Sandy does not know how to swim but is going anyway. In Allison’s backyard, Sandy is walking and gets bumped “ ...someone accidentally bumped against Sandy… fell into pool… Sandy did not know how to swim at all.”( 2 ) The party is taking place at Allison’s house, Sandy’s parents do not know where she is. There is a pool and Sandy does not know how to swim. So, Sandy has an emergency and since she lied about her friends and lied to her parents they don’t know where she is to help her. Pursuing this further, the author also displays the theme through the plot. Allisons went to the hospital after drowning. She is recovering, and her mother is talking to her. Sandy is fully recovered and her mom says “ Why didn’t you tell me that you wanted to go to her party… Sandy was put on punishment for a week...A change came over her and her family.” Clearly, her mom didn’t know, and Sandy suffered the result. Sandy then learns from her mistakes and is more trustworthy to her family. If she told her family in the first place, though there could have been no problems and she could still have her family’s