"...invited the sergeant to take a glass of brandy. But Mr. Pumblechook said sharply, 'Give him wine, mum. I'll engage there's no tar in that!'..." (31) Why does it matter whether or not the sergeant has tar in his drink or not? Also, why does Mrs. Joe give all the soldiers beer? They are on duty are they not?

I have changed small bits and pieces of my paragraph but nothing huge other than what I have been suggested to change. What I did change helps my paragraph fit better with the thesis. That's really about it.

Dishonesty

Dishonesty relates to epigrams because they are pretty much lies that contradict themselves. So really the lie lies about itself. Dishonesty is tied into satire of social situations because satire of social situations are not always true they are just making fun of the things that are wrong with all of the social situations. Dishonesty relates to earnest/Ernest and the title of the play because Jack is Jack in the country and he is Ernest in the city. He lies about who he is so he can enjoy himself and see Gwendolyn. Dishonesty ties into the pursuit of pleasure because Jack and Algernon both lie about going to see a made up person to either do something they want or get out of something they don't want to do.

Wilde seems to be saying that the characters seem willing to do anything to hide the truth about them not being who they say they are or who they are going to see. He also seems to be trying to say that dishonesty will get you in trouble more often than not. In the book, nothing good every really happened to Jack or Algernon until they started telling the truth about who they are. Once they do, they both end up with the girl they love.