Lying Due To Fear In Kurt Vonnegut Jr's Coming Of Age Story

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Lying Due to Fear Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s coming of age story, “The Lie” takes place in the late 60’s . Eli Remenzel, the youngest in a line of famous doctors, fails to get into the school his parents want him to go too, causing him to hide it. One lesson the story suggests is that the fear of failure can get someone into situations they would rather not be in. From the start Vonnegut used descriptive words and repetition to hint towards Eli’s nervousness and fear. Before it was officially said Vonnegut made it quite obvious “Doctor Remenzel and his wife had no doubts whatsoever about their son’s getting into Whitehill.” This shows that even though they most likely knew about Eli’s bad grades from the past, they see him going no where but Whitehill,

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