Lies And Deceit In Graceling

In the novel Graceling by Kristen Cashore, there are many theme ideas worth speaking about one of which being lies and deceit. There are many ways that the author communicates this throughout the text, for example she makes it clear that not all the lies and deceit are for bad reasoning, like when Po finally reveals his true grace to Katsa. At first she was enraged now, it has given them a more open bond allowing Katsa to further her survival abilities. Katsa was struggling with self control for a fair amount of the novel, though Po, her now love interest helps her by making her realize that her uncle King Randa isn't the one choosing her actions but the one manipulating her into thinking she has to obey because of his title as King. Po questioned her multiple times throughout the text by asking “ Isn't it your power to refuse? How can anyone force you to do anything?”. Katsa used to believe she didn't have a choice to listen to her uncle or not and that was because she thought about what could happen if she didn't obey the orders of the king. Without King Randa’s deceit and Po’s interest in helping her Katsa would definitely not have the character control she has now. Katsa is now her own person. The main …show more content…
The idea being that if the end result is positive, it doesn't really matter what you do to get there, and in Graceling, that seems to be a major factor to the story. The disguises, deceptions, and lies are necessary, and toward the end of the book we get a good reminder that when lies and deceit are bad, they're very bad. I think the author wanted to make the reader develop a think outside of the box ordeal. Kristen Cashore wanted us to think about how lies and deceptions aren't always used for negative reasons and that we should try to see the light in the darkest of