Let Them Rot in Their Sadistic Skin...

Noticing the the tittle of Wiesenthal's narrative, right off you know that sunflowers plays a large part in the story. As Simon Wiesenthal's unit marched to the tune of the askaris humming and singing, he notices rows of soldiers graves. Along with each tomb there was a simple up-faced sunflower. The sunflower, to him, represented the connection between the dead German men and the dying Jewish race. Although the German soldiers killed just for the lust to kill they would  be remembered. They were praised murderers of the innocent. Arthur makes the statement that "the sunflowers will rot away like them". The problem with this logic is the Germans were rotting with a lovely scene and the Jews were simply thrown into a pit like trash in a dump. Perspective of life to them was turned around by the horrors seen everyday. Realizing that the flower was to rot the same as the soldier below gave him comfort, the flower represented the rotting taking place in the grave. This connection made him happy. I could see why, the irony would make me laugh in sarcasm. These sick, sadistic men had a petite, beautiful connection to the world left behind. While the men on earth rotting in their own skin would simply rot faster in their cramped hole.

Suitable For Forgiveness.

A doctor is there for the well being of his or her patients. Knowing his patients is part of the job; he knows why they are there, and he can sympathize with their situations. Making friendships with long term patients isn't unusual; therefore, assisting a terminally ill patient in commiting suicide is an act suitable for forgiveness. The friendship between a doctor and his patients can go deeper than what society sees. If the patient wants to be relieved from their suffering and asks for it from a friend we see the bad we never see the good in what they were doing. Society has no right to judge a doctor for assiting a friend is a suicide that would most likely not be committed if the situation was not the way it was. There is no other way out for the patient and the doctor knows this and knows the pain they feel. He suffers with the patient. In the end what the doctor has done was done only to end a friends burdens.