In chapter six of To Kill A Mockingbird, the importance of concealing the truth in order to maintain social contracts becomes clear. Jem tells his father, Atticus, that he lost his trousers during a game of strip poker with Dill and Scout, when in fact he lost them squirming beneath a fence in the Radley’s garden. Jem lies for fear that breaking the social contract between he and his father would harm their relationship, and even risks his own well-being to protect the lie. This reinforces the vitality of social contracts in Maycomb’s society
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April 12, 2015 at 10:49 pm
http://hs1.student.edutronic.net – This came from Harry Spencer’s blog.
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