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.