2. Great Expectations

"'Drat that boy...Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.'...unless there was company" (11-12).

In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip is brought up by the firm hand of his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. She sheds light onto Pip's perception of humanity when she tells him that if you do not ask questions, no one will ever lie to you. He expects his sister to always tell him the truth, and when he hears this little explanation, he wonders when she does not tell him the truth. Charles Dickens included this into his novel to clearly depict how the human mind works. It is a well known fact that if one asks an honest question, one may not receive an honest answer in return and that person must be fully aware of this fact so that he or she is able to decipher the truth hidden within the words spoken.