What does Eli mean with the words "Be me, for a little while"?
In Let the Right One In (orig.: Låt den rätte komma in), after Oskar found out about Eli's true nature and let her into his apartment he asks her:
Oskar: Who are you?
Eli: I'm like you.
Oskar: What do you mean?
Eli: "What are you staring at? Well? Are you looking at me? So scream! Squeal!", those were the first I heard you say.
Oskar: I don't kill people.
Eli: But you'd like to, if you could...to get revenge. Right?
Oskar: Yes.
Eli: I do it because I have to. Be me, for a little while. Please... be me, for a little while.
But I don't understand what she means with her last words. What does she want to say with "Be me, for a little while"?
Best Answer
I think that with her last words, she is trying to say that she wants Oskar to be in her shoes. In the conversation, Oscar says that he does not kill people like Eli as she is a vampire, and Eli is trying to say that he should try to be in her position, understand that she needs to kill people to survive and live.
Eli is saying that she is like Oskar because they're nature is alike, Oskar wanting to kill for revenge and Eli killing to survival.
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