Imagine you are falsely accused. That has happened before, rights? But imagine, now, that you will be put to death if you are found guilty and your only witness isn't even allowed to speak to you, much less go and testify for you. This situation is exactly what happens in the book Johnny Tremain, this Cilla, a fourteen year old girl, was the only one who knew that Johnny, an indentured boy of her grandfather’s silversmith company, owned a cup that was supposedly stolen a month after he revealed to her that she had it. Johnny decided, one day, to go and visit Mr. Lyte, a wealthy man in Boston to discuss the cup. It had been given to Johnny by his mother before she died, and had the Lyte’s Crest on it. Mr. Lyte's, enraged, snatched the silver cup from Johnny, claiming it he had stolen it in August. Now, Johnny knew that he had shown the cu to Cilla a month before one of Mr. Lyte’s cups was stolen, but Mrs. Lapham, Cilla’s mother, adamantly forbade her from having anything to do…show more content… Their reasoning suggest that she wronged her mother by lying and disobeying. This, however, is not persuasive due to the fact that by sacrificing her comfort for his life is a selfless and heroic thing to do. Yet, another argument states that her mother wold find out. This harm is, yes, more likely to occur due to the gossip and the way the news traveled o quickly then, yet, even though her mother did not have he ability to read, Cilla was ready for at disciplinary action enforced for her action. In conclusion, the reasons Cilla should have testified in court for Johnny is because he was helpless without her, she knew it was the right thing to do and because his life was at stake. This story can still teach us today, that when des ions are made, one needs to think of their own consequences, but the consequences that others will receive on behalf of their
