Instructions: Read the following quote taken from The Curious
Incident of a dog in the Night-time” and then choose a task.
“People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they
do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are
old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up
has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, "I don't like you,"
unless that person has been horrible to you. (73.2)”
Option 1: You’ve probably been told many times not to tell lies.
You have also been probably told not
to hurt people’s feelings. But what happens if the only way to spare some one’s
feelings is to tell a lie? Write about an experience you had where you had to
tell a lie or hide the truth to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.
Option 2: Has someone ever told you something about you that
was very mean? At the time you might of felt hurt but later you though about it
and found what was said about you was true? Share how you felt? You don’t have to
say what happened or what was said, but just how you felt and why.
Option 3: Make up a drawing of Christopher having a conversation
with someone where he tells someone the truth about anything (for example, that
the person is very boring). Imagine
how the other person will feel. Draw this person too. Write what the person might
say.
Option 4: We are taught to the tell the truth since we are very
young. Is it always best to tell the
truth? Are there occasions where it might be better to not tell the truth? Explain
why?
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