Secrets+and+Lies+Reflection

Secrets and Lies Reflection

Everyone has a secret that they keep close to their heart, and everyone has told a lie. The mark that your secrets and lies leave is what matters, not always what they are about. Many times people will lie to hide their secret or keep a secret to hide a lie, the two work together. It is normal and okay to keep a secret, everyone has them, but it is imporatant how you handle you secret. What you do when people find out, what you do to keep it to yourself, and what you do with the secret. Same goes for lies. This wall represents the many lies and secrets that Americans keep. The Scarlet Letter is a story that refelects but secrets and lies. Arthur Dimmesdale lied to everyone, but more importantly to himself, he lied so he could keep his secret from coming out. He had sexual relations with Hester Prynne and did not want the town to know that he was the father of her child. He did not want to be the father of the "devil child." Dimmesdale lost himself and destroyed himself in his lies and secrets. The wall is a reminder that we are all human, and that we all keep secrets and tell lies.