Cadence Sinclair’s ability to tell the truth is questioned by readers throughout the novel We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart seeing that her memory and mind has altered . First, Cadence blatantly explained that her father “ran off” with “some” woman he loved more than Cadence, and her mother not divulging what really happened. Out of nowhere Cadence expresses, “Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushed rhythmically from my open wound, then from my eyes, my ears, my mouth” (5). This is one of the first baffling moments in the story where Cadence was actually metaphorically speaking; trying to prove a vivid point.
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She had her mind set on this intention to give her side of the story how she wants it, and nothing else. Next, Cadence tried to unfold what happened in the accident during summer 15, but could not accurately explain to provide the authentic reality. Cadence informs about her mother, “I made her tell me one last time, and I wrote down her answers so I could look back at them when I wanted to. That's why I can tell you about the night-swimming accident, the rocks, the hypothermia, respiratory difficulty, and the unconfirmed traumatic brain injury”(50). Cadence asserted the only memory she had of the accident was what her mother had told her. Although, prior to this in chapter twelve, Cadence experienced the night of the accident things like, the “plunge” down into the ocean, the “rocky rocky bottom”, the “base of the Beechwood Island” and her arms and legs feeling “numb”. Could she really sink right down to the rocky bottom? How could Cadence have seen the baseline of this island? Her mother did not tell her these details of that night. Her mother could not have felt her arms and legs go numb and see those sights of the
She had her mind set on this intention to give her side of the story how she wants it, and nothing else. Next, Cadence tried to unfold what happened in the accident during summer 15, but could not accurately explain to provide the authentic reality. Cadence informs about her mother, “I made her tell me one last time, and I wrote down her answers so I could look back at them when I wanted to. That's why I can tell you about the night-swimming accident, the rocks, the hypothermia, respiratory difficulty, and the unconfirmed traumatic brain injury”(50). Cadence asserted the only memory she had of the accident was what her mother had told her. Although, prior to this in chapter twelve, Cadence experienced the night of the accident things like, the “plunge” down into the ocean, the “rocky rocky bottom”, the “base of the Beechwood Island” and her arms and legs feeling “numb”. Could she really sink right down to the rocky bottom? How could Cadence have seen the baseline of this island? Her mother did not tell her these details of that night. Her mother could not have felt her arms and legs go numb and see those sights of the