As a child everyone has been told to always tell the truth. But as one gets old, we seem to walk away from that tradition. So when is it the right time to tell a lie? Most people would say to always say the truth because lying just makes things worse. Although, telling a little lie won’t always hurt anyone. Sometimes one must lie to protect the feelings of others or just to protect yourself from harm.
In the necklace, Madame Loisel was an unhappy and ungrateful woman. She felt out of place and disgusted by her way of life. Madame Loisel was a poor woman who was forced into a marriage with a clerk. But she was one of the prettiest and most charming girls you would ever see. Every man around the corner would stop and stare at the beauty of her face. But even with all this attention Madame Loisel was still a miserable woman in a life where she though she didn’t belong. Madame Loisel felt entitled to a life of riches and luxury. She wanted sparkling jewelry that shined like the sun around every inch of her body, silver appliances to eat upon and expensive clothes to make her feel special. Because of her natural beauty, she thought she was suppose to be wealthy and famous. Instead she lived with a man who worked as a clerk, lived in a small house with pale dirty looking walls, worn out furniture and with some of the oldest curtains. This lifestyle made her one of the unhappiest woman to stand on this earth. 
One day Mr. Loisel came home with a piece paper that he thought would change Madame Loisel’s life around but instead it made her resent her life even more. The couple was invited to a ball but one major problem was that Madame Loisel had no clothing or jewelry to wear. Mr. Loisel worked endlessly to give her all she wants but she was never thankful for all that he was doing for her. Madame Loisel finally had the perfect dress to wear to the ball but one thing that was missing was the piece of jewelry to display. Of course they did not have the money to buy such an expensive piece since it costs a bazillion dollars. So Mr. Loisel came up with this idea to ask a friend, Madame Forestier, whom she resented and hated because of all the fame she had in life. After a wonderful time at the ball she noticed that the necklace was missing. They did the impossible to find it but it was nowhere to be found. So they decided to buy a new one that looks just like it. After years of paying for it, it turns out that the necklace was fake and they wasted their whole lives trying to recover from a lie.
Shocker, I know!
What would you have done, tell your friend the truth or lie? I mean, if I was in Madame Loisel’s shoes I would have told the truth because in this situation it seemed the right thing to do. Either way she would have had to pay for the necklace but wouldn’t have suffered with such a burden. That little lie she told ruined her life. After that she became old and all her beauty was lost. She worked hard for so many years, paying for a piece of jewelry that wasn’t even hers. In that case, I would have told the friend the truth. Maybe if she would have explained her friend the truth, she wouldn’t have paid so much money for fake diamonds. I would have been so angry and frustrated at myself for wasting ten years of my life on something that was worse less. At that point I would have been unhappy about my life for a piece of jewelry instead of being poor. I guess, Madame Loisel learned an important lesson about always telling the truth. I wonder if the fake news about the diamonds made her even more resentful and unhappier about her life?
In some instances telling the truth is the right thing to do especially in Madame Loisel’s case. One must say the truth when it can ruin your life or put others in danger. Living in lies can make life hard to keep up and much less weight upon your shoulders, since you are not constantly keeping up with lies. Telling the truth is showing respect because it demonstrates that you have trust in that person to know your true self. But once in awhile, a little lie wouldn’t hurt anyone. Especially, when you are protecting the feelings of someone you love. You may have to lie about the horrible cooking of a relative or maybe of the wardrobe that someone you know because you don’t want to shut down the level of confidence they had in themselves. But don’t make it a custom because telling the truth is always the right thing to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcmf3h6YoMI
In one minute this kid explains why it's important to tell the truth!
In one minute this kid explains why it's important to tell the truth!
