The Arrogance of The Lie by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Essay -- Kurt Vonnegut

The Arrogance of The LieThe Lie, written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is a story that stands as a mirror to reflect the worthless image of a condescending faction obsessed with grades and numbers, not actual learning. Even though it took place years ago, the sickening mind frames subdued exist in some of todays people. They are that is to say the elite group or middle to upper class families. In the story, revivify Remenzel is obsessed with Eli having a high standard of excellence, Eli ruleting exceptional treatment because he is part of the higher group, and for those reasons, Eli is ashamed of himself, and terrified of apprisal his father and mother that he failed the entrance examinations. All of these things are faces of what happens in the arrogant sub culture which exists today. During the beginning of the story, Doctor Remenzel is obsessed with the top dog of his son Eli looking good. An example of this would be when Doctor Remenzel meets his friend tom turkey on the w ay to the school. Doctor Remenzel pointed to the chaos of the back of Elis head beamed that his news was the same. The word beamed, and the whole fact that the Doctor had to point step forward that his son was too going there implies that he is proud and wants to file him off. A comment that Doctor Remenzel makes that implies his son is better than others is when referring to another psyche getting in, he makes the remark of, If hes smart enough. The Doctor is obviously saying that Eli is much smarter than some. This relates to the condescending faction because the parents of these... ...d constitute helplessness in their case) they feel ashamed because they did not meet the expectations created by their parents or other authorities. In conclusion the whole idea is alarming. How could anyone possibly get so egotistical and self-centered? The Lie is one prime example of how our culture has been divided and distorted. Some put their own well existence into others, perhaps bec ause of a missed opportunity, or maybe just because of their accede of mind. Image, special privileges, and fear of disappointing are just some of the things that assort both the story and our sub culture. It is a wonder if we will incessantly stop putting so much on numbers and grades, and digress focusing on what is really important learning. The sub culture legitimate needs to.