Honesty In The Wizard Of Oz

Children are taught by adults from a young age not to lie; that “honesty if the best policy.” However, on a regular basis, more than half of adults are dishonest. Our world consist of people who do not tell the truth, and the naive people who believe their false statements.

When I was in third grade, I tried out for the Wizard of Oz, our school musical. I really wanted to be Dorothy, but everyone kept telling me 5th graders get the lead, you will never have a chance. Little did they know my hard work paid off, and I got cast as the lead. I spent weeks looking for the perfect costume and got my mom to do my hair every night, so on the day of the show it would be perfect. I made sure to plan voice lessons with my singing teacher Mrs. Toil and never missed one minute of after school practice. In

Reflecting upon my story, a normal reader would see it as a little girl who worked hard and proved everyone wrong, however when I look at it, I know more than half of it is a complete lie. Yes, in third grade I did try out for the Wizard of Oz, but certainly did not want to be Dorothy, I wanted to be Toto. However, I got cast in ensemble as an ozion. I did not spent weeks looking for a costume, but instead found green clothes from closet and threw them on the day of the show. Another lie, I did not plan voice lessons with Mrs. Toil, because Mrs. Toil is simply not a person. Did you know “60% of adults can’t have a ten minute conversation without lying at least once?” (Benjamin 2).Most of these lies, like mine, are not major, but are used to make a person paint himself in a better light . Whether they are are major or minor lies, everyday we are surrounded by a cloud of dishonesty and hidden from the truth. According to the study conducted by the University of Massachusetts in 2002, which provided the