To Tell Me Terrible Lies: Selfishness and Betrayal
             Selfishness is a word attributed to someone concerned with his or her own interests, needs, and wishes, while ignoring others. On the other hand, betrayal is defined as an act of disloyalty and unfaithfulness to someone or somebody. By definition, selfishness and betrayal are different from one another; however, they can be associated, both having to potential to cause a lot of harm. In her novel of the Wainwright Chronicles, To Tel Me Terrible Lies, Katherine St. Clare exposes those vices throughout many of her characters. A brief analysis of these characters will help understanding the different impact that selfishness and betrayal are capable to induce under certain circumstances.
             Selfishness is one of the key themes that should be discussed when analyzing St. Clare's novel, To Tell Me Terrible Lies. Selfishness is found throughout the all novel, making his way one character to another. There are two different ways of approaching selfishness. People are all subject selfishness; however, it should be understood that, when considering selfishness on a social scale, people are divided into two different categories: There are those who are selfish and those who are affected by selfishness. The same approach applies to betrayal; thus, traitors are set apart from the ones whom they betray. In her novel, the author first introduces selfishness in the midst of Serena's family. Samuel, father of Serena, does not care about his daughter's feelings. He wants his daughter to marry Caleb.
             Serena does not like Caleb; therefore, she does not think much of him. Confronting her father, Serena lets her speaks out, letting him know how she truly feels about Caleb: "Caleb is so furtive I shouldn't wonder he's a spy. After all, isn't he a Troy?" (10). In order for Serena to attend the annual festivities of the Pine Barrens, Samuel insists that is escorte...