1. People are embarrased because they know other people know their wrong doings. Whether the wrong doings were noticed or not, they want to distract the people from their wrong doings. Chatting about a different subject maked them relaxed by thinking they are distrated from their wrong doings.

2. I don't think it's okay to lie. People say that there are good lies and there are bad lies, but both of them means hiding the truth. And it matters because people deserve the truth, at least.

1. Well, a lot of people changes the subject and chatters about something different when they feel embarrased about something like Lise did. For instance, when I feel embarrased, I often talk about something else to distract other people's and my attention to something else instead of the things I felt embarrased. Also, talking makes you feel relax, especially when you are used to talk to other people. If you don't talk or chat, then you will probably have to think about the moment you felt embrassed and it will be more hard to forget about it than do chating with your friends.

2. I think it's never okay to lie, whether it's white lie or not. Because...um, for example, if there is a person that will die in a year, than is it right to say, 'Don't worry. You'll be fine.' or is it better to say 'I'm very sorry to say like this, but you will die in one year.' I think the second one is more good to the person. Because if you say 'Don't worry. You'll be fine.' than the person who don't have much time to live won't be able to live his life a happy and remaining life. Let's take another exmaple. If someone is wearing a shirt that doesn't suit him or her well than what will you say to that someone? If I were in that situation I would probably say, "This shirt is good, but I think the other one will suit you more." because, if someone wears the shirt that doesn't suit him or her well, than people around him can make fun of that someone. So I think that we should not tell lies, whether it is white lie or not. Because honest is the best way to make friends and bring faith about you to other people.

1. If Lise didn't talk and chatter about something else, she would have been forced to think about that embarrassing episode, and Alyosha would too. So she changed the subject and talked about the incident that the Staff Captain was in rage when Alyosha gave him money instead, so that they would be talking and thinking about the changed subject, which could also help Lise to concentrate so much on the talk, that she would forget that she was embarrassed.

2. It's okay to lie.(I'm talking about white lies.)  For example, when a very ugly person asks you if he is handsome or not, you cannot answer,'No, you look very unattractive.', which is the truth. You should think of the another person's emotions and how his/her emotion will change after you say it, before you say something to that person. In some cases the truth can come out and make the person more angry or sad, but it can turn out better if the person is glad that you cared for his/her emotion, like what happened to Alyosha and Lise.