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Delineate how Guy de Maupassant creates moral dilemmas in his short stories. “Veracity is the heart of morality” - Thomas Henry Huxley. Morals are probably the most important thing in the British Government, because it keeps the country under good order, and provides different ideas and opinions; without morals our country would be perfect. Does Guy de Maupassant create moral issues because it is based on the truth of his past? The only way to answer this question is to look at several short stories, and explain the context and text of how he adds morals, and how this makes us think. Maupassant’s childhood consisted of a good education and upbringing. Although, since 1863, his life became quite troubled by the separation of his parent’s and the experience of the Franco-Prussian war; this could have had an affect on his writings. The war played a great tribute to his attitude towards Normandy, of which he describes is “the chamber-pot of France.” This tells me that he was quite annoyed at the fact that France was left in ruins by Germany. An example of a theme in Mother Sauvage. The moral issues in his stories could have been affected by Maupassant’s mixed feelings about his Norman homeland. This �