UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
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Telling the truth is worthwhile.
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It’s very difficult to ALWAYS tell the truth.
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Truth is like the sun that everybody needs.
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One can always tell the truth the next day.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sekhar faces an internal conflict (or moral dilemma): to stick with the goal he set for himself or to lie when needed, especially when the headmaster grants him a 10 day extension to grade his late papers.
Detailed explanation-2: -There were really no benefits to Sekhar’s truth telling. Although it may have made him feel better about his honesty, he didn’t gain anything from it. His relationship with his wife and headmaster has now faltered.
Detailed explanation-3: -The experiment Sekhar plans at the beginning of the story is to tell the truth for an entire day. The reason as to why he conducted this experiment was because Sekhar believes that without speaking the truth, life is hopeless.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Like the Sun by R.K. Narayan we have the theme of honesty, conflict, anger, change and rejection.