I believe that people can be as cruel and deceptive as Jimmy and Carla in the story “Unbalanced” by William Sleator. People can be cruel. An example of this is when I have seen advertisements for elections. The different candidates say mean and sometimes untruthful things about their competition. I think this is just as deceptive as Jimmy and Carla because the candidates are ruining the other candidates’ chances of winning, just so they can win. Another example of people being cruel and deceptive is while playing sports. When I was playing volleyball there was a player who ran into another player just so she would miss the ball. This is deceptive because she ran into her just so she would look bad. Another example of being cruel is when people