lying theme
A character perpetrates a falsehood in an outright effort to deceive others with whom they are intimately acquainted.
Examples
David tells an unconvincing lie to cover up that he'd accidentally shot dead a mule while playing with his new pistol in "Almos' a Man" (1976).
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ftt1982e3x01 | choice | Goldilocks was a proficient deceiver. We heard her tell innumerable lies. |
| ahh1x29 | major | Dianne ultimately came clean to her husband on a doozie of a lie: Their baby drown owing to her negligence, not through the fault of the nanny, as was determined at the inquest. |
| ahp4x30 | major | Irving lied about getting mugged to hide from his wife that he'd blew a week's salary at poker night and got away with it. |
| ahp6x31 | major | Susan perpetrated an elaborated hoax about being attacked by a masked assailant, even going so far as to go down to the police station to identify suspects. Susan's mother sobbed uncontrollably as Susan lied through her teeth about having been attacked by a masked man. |
| ftt1982e3x03 | major | Pinocchio's nose grew in length each time he told a fib. |
| theamericanshortstory04 | major | David lied to his mother repeatedly. He also lied to the other workers about not focusing on his work and to Mr. Hawkings and his father about the quality of his work. Most notably, David lied to everyone about accidentally shooting and killing Jenny the mule. Joe lied to David about the quality of the pistol he sold him. |
| theamericanshortstory06 | major | Andy told a whopper of a lie to woo his love interest, and ultimately came to regret it. |
| ahp3x09 | minor | Aunt Mae pointedly exposed Janice for fibbing about her whereabouts, and chided her for having done so. |
| ahp4x32 | minor | Martians don't lie, but humans do, we heard. Especially to wives, and so he did. |
| ahp7x13 | minor | Both Elisa and Sir Humphrey accused the other of lying. |