On this page, Christopher explains that he does not tell lies. For this reason, as we find out earlier, he does not like metaphors, because “a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboards,” and “imagining an apple in someone’s eye doesn’t have anything to do with liking someone a lot.” (15) The act of lying is almost painful to Christopher, as a result of how his mind works. He states that lying is “saying something happened which didn’t happen.” Only one thing ever happens at a time, and as such, there are an infinite number of things that didn’t happen. Lying, says Christopher, makes him think about all of those things that didn’t happen, and it is overwhelming. We know then, that this book’s contents are true, at least as far as Christopher is concerned.
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