We see this in the beginning of “Night”, where the inmate urges Elie and his father to lie about their ages to Dr. Mengele. He tells Elie to say he is eighteen, and his father that he is fifty. This short lie keeps the two from being taken to the crematorium, giving them working potential in the eyes of the SS. In “The Eyes Won’t Tale It”, the text says, “ We were approaching New Zealand when my companion told me once again to get up and tear up my passport. One of them quarreled with me, saying that I was ruining not only my own chances of being granted asylum but theirs, too. He told me that if we did not comply, our Iranian nationality would be discovered and we would all be returned home.” This establishes the precautions that had to be taken by the Iranian refugees to keep themselves alive. They, too, were forced to lie about their identity in order to potentially save their lives. While the two had to lie about to very different things, the basis was the same. It was compulsory for them to be dishonest in order to
We see this in the beginning of “Night”, where the inmate urges Elie and his father to lie about their ages to Dr. Mengele. He tells Elie to say he is eighteen, and his father that he is fifty. This short lie keeps the two from being taken to the crematorium, giving them working potential in the eyes of the SS. In “The Eyes Won’t Tale It”, the text says, “ We were approaching New Zealand when my companion told me once again to get up and tear up my passport. One of them quarreled with me, saying that I was ruining not only my own chances of being granted asylum but theirs, too. He told me that if we did not comply, our Iranian nationality would be discovered and we would all be returned home.” This establishes the precautions that had to be taken by the Iranian refugees to keep themselves alive. They, too, were forced to lie about their identity in order to potentially save their lives. While the two had to lie about to very different things, the basis was the same. It was compulsory for them to be dishonest in order to