To pity or not to pity.............

  Should Simon show pity towards Karl or should he walk away and never think anymore of it?  Well I believe he should show pity towards Karl.  It takes a lot of guts to own up to something you did, that was wrong.  Karl even tried to make him stay by grabbing his hand more than once.  At one point the dying Nazi soldier had said,"I cannot die..... without coming clean".  That statement clearly shows that he was sorry for what he had done and all he wanted was forgiveness.  Even if he had killed: mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, uncles and aunts, grandmas and grandpas.  Karl wasn't just concerned about his own well-being, he actually was more worried about the Jew he was talking with (Simon).  Karl knew that it wasn't easy to hear about your own kind dying in such a brutal manor, but he just wanted someone to understand that he was truly sorry.  After he got done telling his story he proceeded to say," I know that what I have told you is terrible. In the long nights while I have been waiting for death, time and time again I have longed to talk about it to a Jew and beg forgiveness from him.  Only I didn't know whether there were an Jews left....".  So you see, Karl is a good guy, but he was working for the bad guy. If Simon had taken a second to calm down and listen, then he would have been able to show much more pity toward the Nazi soldier, Simon.