title The relatable story “ The Lie”, composed by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , materializes in the normal everyday town of Marston Massachusetts. Like most kids have done, Eli Remenzel deceived his parents, and is in a deeper hole than he can dig himself out of. After getting a letter that says he didn't make it into Whitehill schools for boys, Eli promptly rips up the letter and doesn't tell his parents. Assuming Eli got into the high class school, the Remenzel’s attend the dinner for boys who have made it into the school. Eli’s guilt starts rising and his parents are in for a surprise when the leader of the school, Doctor Warren , comes over to tell them their son didnt make it into the academy. This leads into Eli’s dad doing something he would
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His mom was worried about how Eli was doing and all his dad cared about was getting Eli into the school. “We’ve got to find him. That’s the first thing,” exclaimed his mother. This shows what was most important in her mind and it becomes obvious that she was flooded with worry over Eli. “The first thing, said Dr.Remenzel quite loudly, is to get Eli admitted to Whitehill. After that we’ll bring him back.” This shows how Eli's lie had a negative effect on his dad and that he became quite angry and was determined to get Eli into Whitehill. After Dr. Remenzel found out that he didn't make it into the school he decided to take matters into his own hands and get Eli into the school by himself. He went around asking leaders and using their name since they give most of the funding for the school, and he was begging that they would let Eli into the school. He embarrassed 31 generations of Remenzels that went to that school including himself. If Eli wouldn't have lied then his dad would have never done such embarrassing actions. “ I don't suppose, said Doctor Remenzel, that we’ll ever be coming back here anymore.” This is an example of the long term effect that was had on the Remenzels. They will never come back to the school, Eli’s lie didnt only have an effect on the present but also the
His mom was worried about how Eli was doing and all his dad cared about was getting Eli into the school. “We’ve got to find him. That’s the first thing,” exclaimed his mother. This shows what was most important in her mind and it becomes obvious that she was flooded with worry over Eli. “The first thing, said Dr.Remenzel quite loudly, is to get Eli admitted to Whitehill. After that we’ll bring him back.” This shows how Eli's lie had a negative effect on his dad and that he became quite angry and was determined to get Eli into Whitehill. After Dr. Remenzel found out that he didn't make it into the school he decided to take matters into his own hands and get Eli into the school by himself. He went around asking leaders and using their name since they give most of the funding for the school, and he was begging that they would let Eli into the school. He embarrassed 31 generations of Remenzels that went to that school including himself. If Eli wouldn't have lied then his dad would have never done such embarrassing actions. “ I don't suppose, said Doctor Remenzel, that we’ll ever be coming back here anymore.” This is an example of the long term effect that was had on the Remenzels. They will never come back to the school, Eli’s lie didnt only have an effect on the present but also the