The film Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (dir. Frank Capra, 1939) emphasizes honesty verses falsehood. Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) has great honor and he upholds his integrity. Smith is always in constant danger because he lets his honesty take over. Fallacy and lies manipulate Smith’s integrity to achieve their purposes. Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold) and Senator Paine (Claude Rains) play great harm to Smith in the film. Taylor sharply utter, “I’ll break him so …showed first 75 words of 357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 357 total…Smith, he is still a little boy but he has honesty. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington emphasizes honesty verses falsehood. Honesty triumphs over falsehood at the end of the film. Smith lets his honesty scuffle against Taylor and Paine false statements and lies. Smith does not surrender and he plans never to surrender until the truth is exposes. At the end of the film, Senator Paine yells, “Every word that boy said is the truth”.