Consequences of Deception in Humanism
             What roles does deception play in people¡¯s lives? People use lying and falsehood in order to get away with the consequences of their fault. ¡°We apparently need illusions to feel good about ourselves and to maintain a sense of self-continuity¡± (Lewis & Saarni 7). However, these lies destine peoples to the point where they face harsher consequences. Although there are many other elements that fall under the category of human wickedness, deception plays major role for human deterioration. In a moraless society, deception of humans results in the loss of lives or friendship.
             Deception possesses the potential to result in the loss of lives. This idea is displayed through in classical literary works. In F. Scott Fitzgerald¡¯s novel, The Great Gatsby, the author illustrates how deception causes people to lose their lives by his illustration of Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle deceives her husband by having the secret affair with Tom Buchanan. Tom answers Nick¡¯s question about their affair; ¡°Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He¡¯s so dumb he doesn¡¯t know he¡¯s alive¡± (Fitzgerald 30). Myrtle¡¯s deception eventually leads her to a sudden death. Daisy kills Myrtle by running into her while driving Gatsby¡¯s car. Nick Carraway explains scene of Myrtle¡¯s death; ¡°The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick, dark blood with the dust¡± (Fitzgerald 144-145). By showing this tragic end of Myrtle, Fitzgerald reminds the readers how deception ruins a person¡¯s life. Similar aspects are shown through Geoffrey Chaucer¡¯s writings. In the Medieval author¡¯s, The Pardoner¡¯s Tale, Chaucer shows how three rioters¡¯ deceptions lead them to their own death. Thre...