Is Pablo Ibbieta responsible for the death of Ramon Gris Essay Example

consequence of the choices that Pablo made.

His story about Gris was turned out to be the truth, and Pablo's choice resulted in his life and the death of Gris when he really was ready to die himself. Pablo didn't care about living so he was not swayed into betraying Ramon so he could be spared. If Pablo is morally responsible for the death of Gris, it would mean that he would have intentionally revealed Gris's whereabouts in order to be spared from execution. This is not true because through the course of the story we can see how Pablo is getting ready die and accepting that he will die.Pablo did not want to live; if he wanted to live he would have told the Fascists where he thought Ramon truly was. This can be seen when he thinks to himself "Of course I knew where Gris was; he was hiding with his cousins, four kilometers from the city.

I also knew that I would not reveal his hiding place unless they tortured me". Pablo tells them a lie because he just wants to lead the soldiers on a 'wild goose chase' before they come back and line him up against the wall.We can say that Pablo is responsible for Ramon's death because he intentionally told a lie that led to Ramon being found and killed but then we must examine what Pablo said. Telling a lie implies that when someone acts on the lie, as the soldiers did, there will be falsity on what was said.

Pablo's 'lie' did not have that untruth so in essence he did not lie. To the Fascists it was

the truth and the only person that can see that it was a lie was Pablo. There is no question that Pablo's intention was to tell a lie but that lie unintentionally became the truth.