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Deception In Framton Nuttel's The Open Window

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Open Window is a story with great deception, a story that isn’t told in full, one that makes you think in different ways. This story is told by a little girl that tries to scare a man away from the house which in the end works. In this story there are many things that are deceiving, and characters that play into that role. There are three characters in this story that seem to bring the story together. As you read through this story you see that each character has a meaning and that they all play a role in the ending. Along with the topic of deception there is a life lesson of not believing everything you hear. The first character that is introduced in the story is Framton Nuttel. This character wonders to this house to see his sister that …show more content…

The little girl starts off by showing deception when they enter the living room, when she describes the open window. She tells him a story about how the boys left to go hunting one day and never came back. Framton says in the story "The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement...” trying to hint to the little girl that he doesn’t want to know any more. This quote does a great job of showing deception, by not only showing us that he believes her but, by showing us that she is telling a good story. Many say she used this deception story to scare him away. She doesn’t tell him the full story about what happened or the true ending. The little girl shows the most deception because she is the one telling the story to Framton. She tells him parts of the story and leaves out important parts like, if the story is true or not. The little girl uses her imagination to talk about her brothers and father that have gone away. She uses deception in a clear way making it sound like the story is true.The little girl doesn’t tell the man if the story is true or not so when he sees the people walking back he gets freaked out and

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