In the book I am reading: Fire Star by Chris D’ Lacey, one of the main characters- Lucy -has a dispute withe her mother -Liz. This dispute stuck out to me because it a dispute that I have had many times with my mother and probably most other people with their mothers. Previous to this argument, Lucy had mailed off and application that the previous tenant of the house -David- had trusted her to mail. So when Lucy saw the application still hidden in her Liz’s draw she decided to mail it off without telling her mother. When Liz finds out she confronts Lucy and scolds her because the application was dangerous and could put David in danger and it was not out of their hands.
“‘You did what?’ Liz lowered her shopping bags and threw her daughter such a look of deep shock that Lucy felt compelled to pull a tissue from her sleeve, and blow her nose to avoid eye contact. ‘It was in a drawer – with a stamp and everything.’ ‘Yes and that’s where it should have stayed.’. ‘But you promised me you would mail it and I thought you had. Instead you hid it and you didn’t even tell me. That’s sneaky, mom. David would go mad.” -( Chris D’ Lacey, Fire Star)
This is a perfect example of the consequences lies can have, especially in a household. Often times when parents don’t trust their children with the truth it will end up with disputes where the children will end up making an assumption on the basis that they don’t know what they are doing is wrong. This is the reason I chose this quote. Because the sheer amount of times when I see this in real life as well as books where all those problems could be solved with the truth