We Were Lias

A literary element I liked about We Were Liars was theme. The theme of “We Were Liars” is the importance of family. In the story the Sinclairs aren’t a family, Cadence’s mother and aunts pressured the Liars into acting a certain way that grandfather wanted.So the mother and aunts could get Clairmount and the riches.”Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family. No one is a criminal. No one is an addict. No one is a failure”(2)This is all a lie, the Liars are criminals, Cadence takes these addicting meds, and Cadence’s mother got a divorce, Johnny's mother got a divorce too.“Dad announced he was leaving and departed two days later. He told my mother he wasn’t a Sinclair, and couldn’t try to be one, any longer. He couldn’t smile, couldn’t lie, couldn’t be part of that beautiful family in those beautiful houses.”(2) Cadence’s father couldn’t be like a Sinclair so he left, he couldn’t stand to lie or smile when he was down.The grandfather Harris, is the king of the island, since the three daughters, Cadence’s mother and aunts want to inherit the most money when Harris is gone they will do anything for him.