Why Do People Pretend?

(This post is the response to 'The Art of Pretending' from http://hanthitnyeim.isgreat.org/ )

Human is a social animal, that we pretend. We pretend because we need to pretend. Even the animals change their color or habit when it is needed for their survival. There are so many plausible answers for pretending. Sometimes, we pretend that we are wicked, cunning. Sometimes, we pretend because it is necessary that we want to be polite. Once, my mother said that we pretend because we should have diplomacy in our relation. We should be polite not showing our dislike openly or rudely with our behaviors. We can show our dislikes but tamely or delicately in the rules of the society.These social norms differ from one society to another. Then, learning about the norms and social structure or the rules of the different societies becomes the science of human beings. However, we pretend because we are hesitate or shy since we have bad intention to the other party or other person. We are trying not to hurt the other person because of our bad thought to them. As far as we could pretend for that reason, we are still giving an effort to build up a good relation in our society since we are trying to be polite. My mom used to say that people can make friend with each other as long as we can be polite to each other. In fact, it is a form of pretending because of hesitation. If we are no longer to shy to each other to perform our likeness or dislikes to each other, there comes in quarreling.