Kurt Vonnegut's "The Lie": Portrayal of A Moral Society In the short story, "The Lie", by Kurt Vonnegut, the author portrays a moral society. He does this by displaying a private prep school as perfect. This wealthy preparatory school, the Whitehill School For Boys, is welcoming and accepting of the new state requested integration of Africans in their educational institution. Vonnegut's characters display no harsh feelings, resentment, or distaste towards this course of action. Whitehill also enthusiastically tries get the smartest boys they can, regardless of whether the boys' families can afford tuition. The standards to get in Whitehill are based on the intelligence of the boy, not his family's wealth. Another example of how righteous this society is portrayed as is the rule that the rich and prestigious didn't ask for favors, and....

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