Film Analysis: The Invention Of Lying
October 2, 2013
Word Count: 460
The Invention of Lying Would a world without lies be better? How would you react if every individual you had contact with told you their true opinions about you? Would you like hearing the truth about everything or hearing the lies? No matter how much you say you haven’t lied, you just lied. Most in their early years of life have lied whether its candy they stole or hitting their brother. In the film, The Invention of Lying, Mark Bellison is an average who is fired and loses his apartment. Miraculously, a miracle happens and he is beyond shocked when he tells the world’s first lie. I strongly agree that living in a world with lies is better than a world without lies, because; the amount of problems in …show more content…
For example, in the film, Frank, who lives in the same apartment complex as Mark, has tried numerous times and failed to commit suicide. Mark feels very miserable that Frank is trying to kill himself. So he offers Frank a lie to save his life. Mark reassures Frank that everything is going to get better for him. With that lie Frank heard prompted him to stop trying to commit suicide and start looking life in another perspective. Another way that lying would be good would be to help relationship problems. In the film, we noticed a couple sitting outside a café arguing about not liking each other anymore. Lying in this situation would help fix those relationship problems by letting them know that everything was going to work out fine. Mark, in the film, leans forward and whispers a message to the same couple that was arguing earlier and suddenly it looks as if mark hade ignited a spark in their relationship. Lastly, lying to a beloved one to ease the fear and pain of dying would be another reason why a world with lying is better. While in the hospital Mark feels that fear that her mom is going through and with his power of lying he eases that pain and fear she had. Mark tells his mother that when a person dies a man in the sky gives them a mansion; no more pain, the company of deceased family members, and happiness. We know that lying is the wrong thing to
Word Count: 460
The Invention of Lying Would a world without lies be better? How would you react if every individual you had contact with told you their true opinions about you? Would you like hearing the truth about everything or hearing the lies? No matter how much you say you haven’t lied, you just lied. Most in their early years of life have lied whether its candy they stole or hitting their brother. In the film, The Invention of Lying, Mark Bellison is an average who is fired and loses his apartment. Miraculously, a miracle happens and he is beyond shocked when he tells the world’s first lie. I strongly agree that living in a world with lies is better than a world without lies, because; the amount of problems in …show more content…
For example, in the film, Frank, who lives in the same apartment complex as Mark, has tried numerous times and failed to commit suicide. Mark feels very miserable that Frank is trying to kill himself. So he offers Frank a lie to save his life. Mark reassures Frank that everything is going to get better for him. With that lie Frank heard prompted him to stop trying to commit suicide and start looking life in another perspective. Another way that lying would be good would be to help relationship problems. In the film, we noticed a couple sitting outside a café arguing about not liking each other anymore. Lying in this situation would help fix those relationship problems by letting them know that everything was going to work out fine. Mark, in the film, leans forward and whispers a message to the same couple that was arguing earlier and suddenly it looks as if mark hade ignited a spark in their relationship. Lastly, lying to a beloved one to ease the fear and pain of dying would be another reason why a world with lying is better. While in the hospital Mark feels that fear that her mom is going through and with his power of lying he eases that pain and fear she had. Mark tells his mother that when a person dies a man in the sky gives them a mansion; no more pain, the company of deceased family members, and happiness. We know that lying is the wrong thing to