Look at mankind in general for your answer. Most people
lie when the truth is not very attractive. Another reason for lying is to manipulate or
get one's way. Out of the mouth of a young child like Dill, another reason to lie is
simple creativity. Dill's purposes were probably
mixed.
Dill's family situation is really untold in the
book, but the book leads us to infer or believe that his situation was at least
unstable. He was shifted around among relatives. Although Aunt Rachel probably had
moments of true nurturing for Dill, what we see most in the text is her frustration with
Dill. Dill's instability likely resulted in many misbehaviors because his parental
structure was regularly changing.
I think Dill could get
away with lies to the kids at least in the beginning because they didn't know his
background. He chose good interesting things to lie about, and most kids want to impress
other kids.
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