It's human instinct to help others. In the stories of Anne Frank and Manzanar, people are helping each other, then if it's not for their personal gain.
Social responsibility is what your your part in helping society. “It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank, July 15, 1944. Anne Frank’s family took people into their hiding place, even though they weren't obligated to. People also risked their lives to tell them news, and bring them food. If those people didn't risk their lives telling them news, the Franks would’ve been completely shut off from the outside world. Also the fact …show more content…
“Three years of propaganda racist headlines, atrocity movies, hate slogans and fright mask posters had turned into something despicable and grotesque.” - Farewell to Manzanar pg. 127. People treated Japanese less than human, and laughed at them even after they shoved them into camps. They took away everything but the things they brought to camp. No one stood up for them, and they faced lots of dehumanization.
You give people hope by helping people. “And whoever is happy will make others happy, too. People who have courage and faith will never perish in misery!” -Anne Frank March 7, 1944. Whenever someone helped her or vise-versa, Anne gained hope that things would soon get better. Without that hope she wouldn't have been the same optimistic and happy person. Without hope, the people hiding would bicker, and tension would be thick. Everyone needs hope for survival, it's good to give hope in anyway you can.
People choose to look the other way and not stand up. “...very few groups openly protested the Nazi genocide against Jews.” - "Resistance inside Germany." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2016. People chose to not stand up when people were being persecuted. You have a choice to do good and bad, stand up or ignore. People being persecuted suffered in silence. If more people stood up, the holocaust would have ended
Social responsibility is what your your part in helping society. “It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank, July 15, 1944. Anne Frank’s family took people into their hiding place, even though they weren't obligated to. People also risked their lives to tell them news, and bring them food. If those people didn't risk their lives telling them news, the Franks would’ve been completely shut off from the outside world. Also the fact …show more content…
“Three years of propaganda racist headlines, atrocity movies, hate slogans and fright mask posters had turned into something despicable and grotesque.” - Farewell to Manzanar pg. 127. People treated Japanese less than human, and laughed at them even after they shoved them into camps. They took away everything but the things they brought to camp. No one stood up for them, and they faced lots of dehumanization.
You give people hope by helping people. “And whoever is happy will make others happy, too. People who have courage and faith will never perish in misery!” -Anne Frank March 7, 1944. Whenever someone helped her or vise-versa, Anne gained hope that things would soon get better. Without that hope she wouldn't have been the same optimistic and happy person. Without hope, the people hiding would bicker, and tension would be thick. Everyone needs hope for survival, it's good to give hope in anyway you can.
People choose to look the other way and not stand up. “...very few groups openly protested the Nazi genocide against Jews.” - "Resistance inside Germany." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2016. People chose to not stand up when people were being persecuted. You have a choice to do good and bad, stand up or ignore. People being persecuted suffered in silence. If more people stood up, the holocaust would have ended