Summary Of Forgiving The Solider By Smail Balic

Smail balic, a historian who has traveled the world, wrote a philosophical essay on whether or not he would forgive an SS soldier in the sunflower symposium pages 109-111. Balic claims he “would have done the same thing in not forgiving the solider” (109), simply because he has no right to. Since the solider did wrong to others and not him, he feels he cannot forgive him on the behalf of the whole Jewish community. First, balic starts his essay by giving his opinion on what he would have done and why he would have done it. Next, he starts quoting other experts to support his reasoning for not forgiving the SS solider. Then, to end it with explaining the moralities of forgiveness. He does it in this specific order to show his way of thinking