Kalila And Dimna Honesty

The Themes of Kalila and Dimna in a School Environment
“Honesty is the best policy.” Have you heard that phrase before? Probably more than one-thousand times in your life; however, there is ironically some truth to honesty being the best policy. Kalila and Dimna, a compilation of fables that originated over two-thousand years ago, link the core-message of being honest-by showing examples and repercussions of dishonesty. The stories of Kalila and Dimna show how relationships and trust can be broken due to the acts of being dishonest; for comparison, this theme can be applied within the setting of an elementary school.
The most foundational learning that happens in the life of a human is during their childhood. At this time in our lives, we

Kalila exhibiting characteristics of honesty and Dimna exhibiting dishonesty. At an early stage in the story-Dimna begins to have an agenda, his actions are all based on wanting power and creating chaos within their society. He goes to the king and elaborately explains ways he can help him, this leads to a foundation of trust and friendship. Once the King and Dimna have this foundation, Dimna begins to manipulate him- in the end, resulting in the death of the King’s best friend.
The best example of Kalila and Dimna’s differences is right after the death of the King’s best friend. Kalila has tried everything he can to help Dimna understand everything he had done was immoral and dishonest.
“‘Long live the King!’ shouts Dimna from the sidelines. ‘Long live the King!’ And he begins whirling around in a little jig of victory when… wham, Kalila suddenly tears up from out of nowhere and violently bowls him over. ‘What the-‘ manages the sprawling jackal, but his outrage lasts only seconds for Kalila’s teeth are all over him until Dimna the Damnable yips from pain and goes limp with surrender. Old smooth-talker is shocked speechless at finding himself flat on his bac, straddled by his angry, mean-looking

Trust was destroyed between the husband and wife, as was the relationship between the neighbors. If we reflect on the pyramid of honesty, we can see the escalation and results of dishonesty. First, you must be honest in what you say: the adulteress lied to her husband about the affair he had caught her in. Next, you must have honest actions: the adulteress asked the neighbor lady to pretend to be the adulteress, while the actual adultering wife left. When the wife returned, she pretended to have been pardoned by the God’s (showing an obvious inner belief that she was still morally right, notwithstanding all of her past actions.) Obviously, this is the opposite of the triangle, as her self-actualization towards honesty had not yet been