Honesty In The Scarlett Letter

Lies are told around the world multiple times during the day. Everyone sitting in this room has probably once today, said a lie. Sometimes lying is understandable for someone’s protection but sometimes the truth is essential to the person. There are multiple things people say in a day that are seen as lies such as “That outfit looks really good on you!,” “It wasn’t me!” and “I’ll be with you in a few minutes.” Honestly is not always the best policy because in the end it does not make everything better. People tell little lies so that they protect someone they care about and not hurt the feelings of another person. Honesty not always being the best policy is showed in The Scarlet Letter, “Tell All The Truth” poem, the “He Lies” video,
In the Scarlet Letter, everyone eventually lies and they don’t necessarily get in trouble because of it. In this story, lying helped in many different situations. In this story Chillingworth lied about being a doctor and this helped him by allowing him to talk face to face with Hester and allows him to plan revenge on whoever got Hester pregnant. Hester lies to the people by not telling them who got her pregnant and this is to help and protect Dimmesdale from all the people. Lastly, Dimmesdale lies about committing adultery with Hester and this is to protect his reputation. In this story, it allows the readers to understand some of the ways lying can be used to protect someone or something the person who is lying, care for. In this book, there is a lot of lying going on but all of it is being used so that in the end someone is protected. Also in the poem “Tell All The Truth,” Emily Dickinson is telling people to only say the truth in slants. If you are having to tell the truth in slants to someone then you shouldn’t being
In the video “He Lies”, the dad is lying to his daughter everyday. This video was tough to watch but it really shows how important it is for someone to lie to their kid to make their day everyday. In this video the dad is lying about having money, having a job, not being tired and etc. but most importantly he lies to his daughter to make her happy. In the video it shows him making the daughter laugh while buying her ice cream with the money he works hard for while not being employed. The dad is tired in the video and you can tell but he lies to her and acts like the happiest man in the world around her. This video truly shows the dad’s love for his daugher. The dad has a reason to lie to his daughter, and that reason is because he wants to make her life have a better turnout than his did. This video really shows the deep message about how honesty is truly not always the best