Dianna Hardy wrote, “It only takes one voice, at the right pitch, to start an avalanche.” Meaning when one person stands up for what they believe in and say it loud enough for all to hear people will join their cause like an avalanche. One example of this would be slavery in America. Slavery went on for years but no one ever spoke out against the cruelties in it. Until one man spoke out with the right pitch, this man was Abraham Lincoln. He pushed and pushed for the abolishment of slavery until he was heard and the country took his back like an avalanche. This quote relates to “The Hangman” because the author is trying to show that if you speak out against cruelties you will be heard and you can stop them. This is seen when one man speaks
