Theme of Truth in ” Other Side of Truth” Essay Example

lying, but is in such a situation that he has to lie to get out of all this trouble, the following quotation follows: “The truth is the truth, how can I write What is untrue? ” The above quotation tells us that it does not matter whatever situation Solaja is in, but he always tells the truth because one lie leads to another and then leads to trouble. In chapter 17 Sade and Femi are in such a situation that they have to lie. An example of this is when Mr. Nathan asks the children of who they have come to England with.

Sade remains silent but Femi says, “We came with a lady but we don’t know her name. ” This was a lie however Sade remembered what the lady had said to them before she left, “If you tell anyone my name, my friend in Lagos will never help your father. ” Now Sade was worried because her father was in need of desperate help, if the lady’s friend in Lagos did not help her father then no body would be able to help him. He was the only person who was going to help her father, and if she told the lady’s name then no body would have helped her father, that was the reason Sade and Femi lied.

Some people say that lying always leads to trouble however on the other hand some people think that lying can help a person out sometimes when they are in trouble. Firstly lying is not good because that is the root of all sins. Others may disagree with me but I think that lying is a

very big sin but it all depends on a person’s situation. Overall telling the truth is a very important factor. However it depends on how big or small a person’s matter is, that if they lie it might make the matter worse but sometimes you are in such a circumstance that you have to tell a so called ‘white lie. ’