Lying

In the novel , When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka lying is kind of the theme for the beginning of the books. In the beginning of the book i thought all of the white lies would come merge in to one big tradgedy or downfall. Being that i havent gotten to far into the book, i do not know if i am right or not. The theme is clearly white lies in the beginning of the story. One important lie is when the daughter claims that she doesnt receive letters from her dad. The dad is the most mysterious character in the story. Another lie that was told is when they was on the train. The mom told the son that they was gonna see horses and cowboys can be able to go out and pick any horse they want. She said they will probably be  able to see 8 horses , which is a flat out lie.