The Hungarian proverb, "Man was given a tongue with which to speak and words to hide his thoughts" has existed for centuries; it illustrates the unscrupulousness of lies. Throughout time, children have been taught honesty through literature. Many fairy tales and fables, by incorporating morals, enforce such essential lessons about life; The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!" being a specific example. Literature of this genre seeks to convey these morals into the lives of children; hopefully allowing them to grow into perfectly moral citizens. However, all that is seen when looking at the world today, amass with its countless problems, is lies and very little truth; one cannot help asking, what went wrong? What happened to the idealistic view of the world instilled in us as children? We have all lied countless times in our lives to divert an argument, resolve a problem quickly or simply avoid confrontation. Humans evolved this deceitfulness as adults mainly because lies surround us; the books we read, the movies we watch, the governments that rule us etc. Due to our lie-corrupted world, and due to the negative lessons of history, the efforts of authors to confront this problem through literature are often misunderstood and misinterpreted.…
