In the book To Kill a Mocking Bird, in chapter 4-5 Jem knows his father knows what game they are playing, and who they are imitating. However, since Atticus never directly said that he didn't want them playing the game, Jem and Dill continue anyway against Scout's doubts that Atticus was implying they should quit. Jem also had a way to get around it if Atticus did tell them to quit; he would just change the names of the characters (the Radleys) they were imitating and keep playing.
Do you think that this is right? I personally don't. I think it's a way of dodging around the truth. A lie is basically whatever you want it to be. I personally think that trying to dodge around a lie is the same as essentially lying. Just because somebody doesn't directly say something, or ask something, doesn't mean that you don't know what they are implying.
Does anyone else agree with this?
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I do not agree with you. Technically, they are not lying. They just found a loophole. Though, I do not believe it's right to imitate people in mockery. They are just being kids and kids will be kids.
Ya even Jesus played pranks as a kid BYAH!
I agree with you. Dill's stories, like about his father being cruel to him when Scott and Jem found him under the bed, kind of bug me. I never know if he is telling the truth or not.
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