Trust Me I M Lying Character Analysis

“When you can be anybody, you become nobody”. “Trust me, I’m lying” written by Mary Elizabeth Summer is a novel of mystery, lies and drama. Julep Dupree, the daughter of a con-artist, is stunned when she returns home to a trashed house, a missing father and a single note. She and her best friend Sam make it their mission to find her Dad. Tyler Richland then comes into the picture, he insists on helping and she reluctantly trusted him even though she could not figure him out.

There is a spark of heroism in everyone and everything but different situations must be lived through in order to ignite it. “Trust me, I’m lying” written by Mary Elizabeth Summer explores the idea of true heroism. An act of true heroism requires a heart of virtue and
She presents a blind strength that very few in our world possess and she has the identity of a true hero. She has the desire to be normal but she is unique and unlike anybody else which makes her incapable of being normal. Her character shows a certain independence which makes her stand out from the crowd and she has been through more than the average teenager for sure. She was not afraid to break the rules or law within reason and this indicates to me that she will go to extreme extents for a good cause. She has looked up to her father all her life as she has had a lack of a mother figure since a young age and this may have given her struggles throughout as she had to figure certain things out on her own. Things which a father alone cannot teach. However, her father being a con-artist taught her many things that most will never learn in their lifetime and I think this played a big part in who she became as a person. She was a “master of disguise” and not many people can claim that but maybe the way she can change herself into anyone leaves her feeling lost and confused about who she really is. Maybe she doesn’t want to be normal but she just wants to be one person, which is herself. In the novel, it says “ ”I guess I want to be ordinary,” I say, though that doesn’t feel quite right. “Actually I want to be extraordinary. But in an ordinary way” ”. She wants to be like a normal person, but she wants to be a special kind of normal. I think she already is what she wants to be, extraordinary, but she is oblivious to the fact that she already is. She is oblivious to who she is because she is blinded by the way she can be