In his short story, “The Lie”, Kurt Vonnegut argues that when people have a sense of entitlement they abuse their power to get their way. When Dr. and Mrs. Remenzel find that Eli had not been accepted into Whitehill they have two very different agendas. Mrs. Remenzel wants to find Eli and comfort him, where as Doctor Remenzel wants to get Eli admitted; “‘There’s a majority of the Board of Overseers in this room at this very moment. Everyone of them is a close friend of mine, or a close friend of my father. If they tell Doctor Warren Eli’s in, that’s it, Eli’s in’. ‘If there’s room for all these other people,’ he said, ‘there’s darn well room for Eli too’”. Here, Eli’s father shows that he will use his name and connections to get his desired
