Short Story Vera Lied To Mr. Nutte

Lying has deadly effects on both the individual who lies and those around them. This concept is demonstrated in The Great Gatsby. Although Gatsby, Tom and Myrtle have different motives for being deceitful, they all lie in order to fulfill their desires and personal needs. Myrtle’s desire to be wealthy is illustrated when she first meets Tom, dressed in his expensive clothing, as her attitude changes when she puts on the luxurious dress and when she encourages Tom to buy her a dog. Tom’s deception is clear when he hides his affair with Myrtle by placing Myrtle in a different train, withholding the truth from Mr. Wilson of the affair and convincing Myrtle and Catherine that he will one day marry Myrtle. Gatsby tries to convince himself and

While in court one day, she sews a poppet for Elizabeth and leaves her needle in there. Abigail sees this and later at dinner, she stabs herself with a needle and accuses Elizabeth of doing so. This results into the police going to the Proctor household and questioning Mary about the doll. “Why, I meant no harm by it, sir.” Mary admits that the doll is hers, and tells Cheever that the cries of witchery are all pretense. This all leads to John convincing her to tell the truth. Mary tries to take responsibility, to help, but nobody believed her. Even though she did take responsibility for her actions, Mary had to lie in the end to save herself.

Abigail lied about many things; she lied to her uncle about what the girls were actually doing in the woods, how she ended up with a needle in her stomach, that Mary Warren had sent her spirit out to get her in the court… There seems to be lie after lie spilling from her mouth and with each comes a consequence. When she lied to Rev. Parris about what the girls were really doing in the woods which, yes, was dancing at one point but she herself was practicing witchcraft- drinking a potion to kill off Elizabeth Proctor- Tituba ended up being accused and beaten until she confessed to false charges- which also led into another string of accusations. She claimed that Goody Proctor’s spectra stabbed her in the belly with a needle, when we all know she was just framing Mrs. Proctor; and she also lied

McCarthy and Abby both lied to protect themselves. Abby Williams lied at first about Betty and what they were doing in the forest to protect herself from getting in trouble.

Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson show that dishonesty is a negative effect of an unhealthy relationship. Tom and Myrtle are never honest to Myrtle’s husband George, who Tom is making a deal with to sell a car to him however, Tom and Myrtle are eyeing each other the whole time. Myrtle is dishonest towards all her guests at a party in her and Tom’s secretly shared apartment in New York,

Tom comes by the house one day and sees their old car. Lucynell sees the man and wants him to fix things around the house and marry her daughter. They both use each

After the Misfit arrives and begins working on the car the grandmother is questioning him. One of the questions was “Do you ever pray”? His answer is a plain “no”. Just as though it were a bug on his shoulder and Changes the subject. The grandmother keeps pushing and asking why he didn't pray after he was put in jail.

When George found out he was not pleased but continued playing along with the lie. The dishonesty continued to grow with stories about Martha in labor, his childhood, and his achievements. Throughout the morning many more tales were composed by Martha and allowed by George. The game is fun and exciting and gives them the power to be whomever

The one on one conversation between the grandma and The Misfit resulted in an effect to The Misfit’s feelings, proving he still had feelings due to his evil, dark background. The sensitive statement the grandmother said shocked the Misfit,

Has anyone ever purposely told a false story of you? What about lied about something that you went through? There are a lot of people who have experienced the same problem. There is fictional person who has gone through the same problem. What are the chances you have heard of the famous “Alice In Wonderland”?

Deceit is often embodied in particular characters in various works of literature. A character can have selfish motives for lying or they can lie out of compassion. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella and Blanche both lie to protect themselves and allow them to have a happy life. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar and his grandfather Thomas Schell lie to protect the ones they care about. Both works show dishonest characters developing in different situations that shown no intent for spite but rather concern for themselves or a loved one.

Myrtle. Myrtle, before her death, is another example of being unfaithful. She lies to Wilson

Vera is a manipulative and deceitful person because she is always making up lies to framton. The one lie that was the worst lie was about her aunt when she said “her great tragedy happened just three years ago”.she tricks framton to believe her stories of lies and also say that “In the meantime you must and try to put up with me”. When she says that you must try to put up with me that wasn't a lie. “The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes” the author expresses her fun and games through her lies.

Mr. Nuttel had lost all his nerve as disappeared by this time though. When the aunt notices he is missing and asks Vera where he went she tells another romance. She says that he was once attacked by dogs and that the sight of the small brown spaniel was enough to “...make anyone lose their

In The Open Window, Vera is a manipulative and deceitful little girl. How i know this is because she tells wild stories that's not true: “they were engulfed in a bog and killed them”. Framton believed this story because she's manipulative and deceitful. “Sometimes on still quiet evenings like this i almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk through the window”. Vera said this to add on to her ridiculous story and to get framton sitting on the edge of his seat.