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Themes in the story "The Lie" In "The Lie" Kurt Vonnegut shows in his characters several themes that many families are facing now such as dishonesty, hypocrisy, and social snobbery. In the story the author explores a family which is focuses in those situations that will show that avoiding something will only make it worse. First dishonesty in the family is the major theme in the story for example Eli, the son, was dishonest. He did not tell his parents that he didn't get accepted to the school. But why, did Eli lie? He knew that his parents would find it inconceivable that a Remenzels boy would not be able to enroll this academy. "It was inconceivable to them that Eli could not go there, so they had no curiosity as to how Eli had done on the examinations, were not puzzled when no report ever came". The Remenzels...

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