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Friedrich Nietzsche once said “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you”. This quotation means is that some people hide behind a face or mask and when someone finds out about it. Some won’t be angry about it since most people lie nowadays but it will be harder to trust the person. It also makes it seem that the person who lied is in a more higher position. What this quote really says is actually true because lying to a person makes it seem that you are in fact better than them, therefore you didn’t have to tell them the whole truth. This type of situation can also be seen in literature like “Soldier’s Home”,” Hills like a white Elephant “and “A Clean Well Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway”. These short stories support that the ones who lie can not be fully trusted in a way.
The short story “Soldier’s Home” shows that the protagonist’s, Krebs, mother can be manipulating in some ways and hints how the men weak. This can be seen by the author use of conflict or man vs man. The conflict between the people is the mother and Krebs because she mak...

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