First they came...

Martin Niemoller are different because of the intended audience of their works. On the speech, Wiesel states, "For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people" (Wiesel119). This quote is showing that Wiesel is talking about his generation. He is talking about how terrible it was for everyone of his time. This targets an older audience, one that has a higher knowledge about the Holocaust, and one can know this because of Wiesel 's higher level of word choice. In the poem, Niemoller writes, "First they came for the Communists, / and I didn 't speak up, / because I wasn’t a Communist" (Niemoler lines 1-3). This quote shows that Niemoller did not act when exposed to the Nazis taking people away, because he was not one of those people. Using the word "first" in the poem shows that the Nazis were not only taking away the communists, but would take away others as well. Niemoller is addressing more of a general audience in his work. His work shows the consequences of him not speaking up and having people read this that are in the same situation can affect their lives greatly. Both works are different because of the targeted audiences the authors intended to expose their works…

In the short story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses imagery and symbolism to show that evil can be present in the most innocent environment, resulting in society being tainted with dark illusion. Superstitious tradition symbolized an important role to the people in this village. Mr. Summers a man that was in charge of the majority of the events in the town, always spoke about making a new black box but never did. (134) The people of the village would rather keep the same box rather than…

Following the crowd is not always right as explained in “The Lottery”, and “First They Came”, and that you will be punished whether it will be from guilt or punishment. “The Lottery” is about not following the crowd and that you will regret it if you do. “First They Came” is again about standing up for what right, but in this story it may not be the easiest thing. They are very different. Since, the lottery is about following the crowd. For example, in the story, Mrs. Hutchinson was pick from…

way to comprehend information. When comparing examples of information, you can make connections between multiple things, whether it’s in text, real life, or something that you’ve learned. For example, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came”, by Martin Niemoller have a lot of things in common but they have a whole different plot. Certainly, “The Lottery” is about following a crowd for example “The Lottery” is about a small country town pursuing a tradition. It all began a long…

Before reading the essay, Which Came First, by Francine Prose, I had assumed the question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Was a meaningless conundrum, but now I see there is a deeper meaning to gain from it. I gained a deeper understanding by Francine explaining most people do not remember where they first heard the conundrum, a scientific explanation and that the question it self was not what was truly important. I started to gain a deeper understanding when Francine said most…

In the poem “First They Came For the Communist” it talks about how the people that never got called on or if they were not the ones they were looking for at the time they would never talk and never speak up, maybe because they didn't want the Nazi to hear them or kill them, or they wanted a way to spare their lives. But none of it ever worked. The man the wrote the poem Martin Niemoller was a German pastor but he did not go with Hitler's plans. And when the Nazi would come for the different…

Abstract Photosynthesis, in essence, gives life to plants and plants give life to, us, humans. However, have you ever wondered how the first plant came to be? Through the process of an unlikely symbiotic union of an alga cell, a cyanobacterium, and a bacterial parasite and unfavorable environments, the first plant was born. Although scientists do not know why such a union occurred, they believe it might have to do with the theory of adaptation to one’s environment. Adaptation tends to occur when…

essay Both “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, and “First They Came,” by Martin Niemoller have a general theme that explains why blindly following tradition is not safe and destructive to society. “The Lottery” is a fictional short story that takes place in a small town of 300 people. The story is about an annual ‘lottery’ that the community participates in. Everyone in town tries there chance of winning. The winner is chosen by the head of their house selecting a paper from a black box, and one…

In the world standing up for what is right might not be the easiest path like in the story “The Lottery” and the poem “First they Came”. “The Lottery” By: Shirley Jackson is about a tradition in a small village with about 300 people on June 27. Everyone in the village gets a paper slip and if it has a black dot on it you get stoned by the village and die. “First they Came” By: Martin Niemoller is about an anti-Nazi who was not taken at first by the Nazis but is later taken by them after not…

It is about the events of the Holocaust and who the Nazis took. It also talks about how it was a time where it was “everyone for themselves”. Also, there were not many people that stood up for others and all of the wrong things that were going on during that time. Niemoller uses parallelism in this poem. Parallelism is a form of repetition in writing that makes the readers more attentive to the message that the author wants to send to their audience. Niemoller states, “First/Then they came for…