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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 no longer believe you." This quote means that some people hide behind a face or a mask and when someone finds out. Some won't be angry since most people lie these days, but it will be harder to trust the person. It also makes it seem like the person who lied is in a higher position. What this quote actually says is actually true because lying to a person makes it seem like you are actually better than them, so you don't have to tell them the whole truth. This type of situation can also be seen in literatures like “Soldier's Home”, “Hills like a white Elephant” and “A Clean Well Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway”. This news argues that in some way, those who lie cannot be fully trusted. The short story "Soldier's Home" shows that the protagonist's mother, Krebs, can be manipulative in some ways and hints at how weak men are. This can be seen by the perpetrator's use of conflict or man against man. The conflict between the people is the mother and Krebs because she does...