Is it ok to lie?

In the book trash Raphael, Gardo and rat lie a lot in the book for survival. A example of this is when Raphael was arrested by the police to see if they could get the information about Jose Anglico’s murder that he knew, no matter what they did to Raph, Raphael wouldn’t say the truth even when dangling out the window, Raphael also lied at the very start when visitors came to visit the local mission school, they ask if Raphael ever found anything good but he just say “sometimes sir! Sometimes ma’am!” but in reality he doesn’t, He also lied when his aunty said to the police that he had found something but he lied and said “I found a shoe sir” when he actually did find what the police wanted.

Gardo lied to get Olivia to take him to the prison to see Gabriel Olondriz so that he could find out about his house by saying ‘my grandfather’s in prison, ma’am, and i want to go and see him.’ Gardo also lied when trying to act like a eight year old asking questions to help cover up what Raphael’s aunty said. Rat lied by secretly hoarding a lot of money keeping it a secret from everyone.