Forgiveness In 'The Sunflower'

“The Sunflower” the overall theme of the story was finding forgiveness. Throughout the book forgiveness was the key question of accepting the wrong for the sins a Nazi soldier has committed against the Jewish among, the other soldiers. The story develops with the main character named Simon Wiesenthal, who was a Jew. A Nazi soldier named Karl, who is badly wounded and near death. With death, soon to come for him to die in peace he seeks for forgiveness from a Jew due to all crime that he has done was to the Jews. In the book, it will have an intended purpose and psychological.
The primary purpose of this book is to leave with something to think about and what you would have done if you were in his shoes. “Forgetting is something that time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision” (Wiesenthal 98).
Throughout the story, it begins with the characters Simon, Josek and Arthur. Who are in a concentration camp for Jews. At the concentration camp, they become close friends. Their normal routines such as, marching and doing labor at the camp. One day Simon caught glimpse of a Sunflower and made him think of how when he dies there will never be a Sunflower at his grave. His grave would be either in hole among other bodies or burned into ashes. As Simon was walking a nurse approached him with a question “Are you a Jew?” With this question of
He presents the sunflower as why do bad people deserve them. The biggest point of them all would be Nazi soldiers do horrible and unthinkable things and here with all the horrible things they have done a sunflower will be presented at their grave. For Jewish people, they could have been a person they have done no wrong in their life and when they die no sunflower will be at their grave instead ashes or hole stacked with other Jewish