Is it ok to lie?
There is a lot of lies from the three main boy (Rapheal,
Gardo and Rat) in the book called trash. For example Rapheal said to the police
that he didn't find a bag but he said that he found a shoe he said this because
he know that the police will bring him to the prison. Another one is when Rat
says that he has no money but then he has a box full of it. Another example
from the book is when Gardo said “My grandfather is in prison, ma’am, and I
want to go and see him” on page 48 he lied to Sister Olivia because he wanted
to talk to Gabriel Olondriz about Jose Angelico. Olivia believed Gardo and went to the prison with Gardo. After they found a letter from the locker the boys lied to father Julliard about using the computer, the boys said that they are going to use it for a
quiz on the internet but they use the computer to get more information about
Jose Angelico. Another example is when Rapheal was in the Ermita Police
Station, he said to the police “I found money. I found 11 hundred pesos, and
that’s all” on page 60. He said this because he already know a lot of things
about Jose Angelico. Another example from the book is when Rapheal said that
the money is for an electricity bill.
Sometimes in the book. The police also lied to the people in
Behala. One example in the book the police said “We’re giving good money to
anyone who finds it. Another fact is, if anyone here finds it, we’re are going
to give a thousand pesos to every family in Behala” on page 11. They say this because
they just want the bag and they don’t even care about the family in Behala. The
police lie for corruption.
Finally I think sometimes it is ok to lie. The dumpsite boy
lie for good purpose. In the internet it says that lie is sometimes ok if it is
for a good purpose but the internet also say that we should not lie all the
time. The boys lied because they wanted to survive from the police but the
police lie for corruption I think that
the boys should not lie because lying can hurt people’s feelings. In my opinion
lying is very bad for us.
I like that you quote "the Internet" as to whether we should lie or not. It would be better to quote an actual website.
ReplyDeleteThis is good writing Amierul and you have used the most important examples of lying from the book. You are right that lying can hurt someone's feelings and is not always a good thing to do. But what do you think might have happened to the boys if they told the truth?