"In a grove" - Ryunosuke Akutagawa

This short story was quite strange but got my thinking about how some people are willing to lie just to be seen as honorable.  The main character who got murdered,  Takehiko, even lied about his testimony (although he was dead) and lied that he committed suicide because that was more honorable. 

In this story, we hear the testimony of seven individuals from a small town in Japan.  The unique thing was that each testimony confuses the issue further until ultimately, we have no clue what exactly happened on that day or the murder of Takehiko and the rape of his wife. None of the testimonies can be fully trusted because each individual had such a different perspective and it seemed each individual brings his or her own personal agenda into the report for the sake of honor. 

One man, Tajamaru claims he killed the man and even boasts about it, as if he was proud of what he allegedly done, though it seems as though he hasn't done the killing based off the other testimonials..   The reader is left to question every angle of the story but there isn't sufficient evidence to say without a doubt who was responsible for the events that took place on that day.