White Lies In A Monster Calls

During a lifetime, one tells, on average, about 65,000-100,000 lies to avoid telling the hurtful truth according to www.kicks105.com; however, real life isn’t the only place where the truth is too difficult and painful to describe, it is unfortunately evident in novels too. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is not exempt to the misconceptions people tell believing this is “protecting” them. Throughout the novel, an unfortunate young boy is pressured into telling his truthful life story about his experience of living with a parent who obtained cancer, but the young boy is accustomed to avoiding the people who question him and is terrified to admit what actually happens in his home life. Page 217 of the novel portrays the stubborn boy refusing …show more content…
Perhaps it is because they are insecure about their laugh, a physical feature, or simply lack confidence. Humans and characters alike need to learn that one lie leads to another and before long one’s entire life is made of lies, as if they’re living a double life. On the other hand, it’s acceptable for one to be shy but to make barriers by not revealing themselves to others can result in loneliness as nobody wants to be around people who don’t interact or dance around the truth.Understandably, people find pleasure in feeling safe and secure, but sometimes telling the truth makes them vulnerable which they despise; however people who don’t accept the truth are basically not accepting their lives and personal problems or beliefs. Overall, humans need to learn to be unafraid of telling the truth, who cares what others think they won’t understand until they have survived that experience, and the rest of society needs to become more accepting of those who have something embarrassing or are experiencing a rough patch in their