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Why Lying Is Wrong

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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Everyone agrees that Mathilde was in a difficult spot, however some feel Mathilde should have been honest with her friend and told her what happened, while others feel that she should lie because it helped her. Mathilde should have not have lied to Madame Forestier for three reasons: lying is wrong, Jeanne is her friend, and it would have saved Mathilde a lot of trouble.
In the short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the main character Mathilde, quickly realized that diamonds are not always a girl’s best friend. On January 18th, 1900’s, in a large city in France, the Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau requested the presence of Monsieur and Madame Loisel to the Ministry ball. Though Madame Mathilde Loisel had waited her whole life to be invited to a ball, she had one problem, she had nothing to wear! Monsieur Loisel, because he loved his wife, gave her all the money he had been …show more content…

After all, she did not want Jeanne to look down on her as a friend. She already felt bad about losing it, she did not know it was a fake, and Mathilde certainly did not want to her reputation to get any worse. But there is no evidence to support this assumption. If she was honest to Jeanne, even if it was real, a good friend would be happy that she was honest with her. In addition, some say she lied because she panicked. She did not know what else to do, her husband encouraged her to lie, and she was running out of time. This reasoning is faulty. If she had trusted her friend, things may have panned out differently. Thus, neither Mathilde’s fear of what her friend may think nor her panicked state could justify lying. Mathilde should have not have lied to Madame Forestier for three reasons: lying is wrong, Jeanne is her friend, and it would have saved Mathilde a lot of trouble. This matters to everyone because this story shows that honestly is always best even when it is

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