The about the Holocaust has made me more aware of how easy it is for us to turn to evil and believe it’s right. When I was first learning about the Holocaust, the word fear seemed to stand out the most to me. The Germans blamed all of their problems on the Jews because of fear, they put the Jews in ghettos because of fear, or they tried to annihilate all the Jews because of fear. I think it is really important to pay attention to people’s feelings especially feelings like fear and desperation. I feel like we, the world let this happen. We allowed this to happen because of our arrogance. We expected that just because we gave Germany a whole bunch of rules to follow and took some of their land, they would immediately become subordinate to us. And even after the Holocaust we in America allowed things like this happen during the civil rights movement. They’re are some people out there that no matter what you do, will not become good people and it is our job to protect people from those h...
I found this poem very interesting how it was about people losing hope and gaining it again. I found the beginning of the poem more interesting because you described how faith can be lost and received. Overall, great job!
ReplyDeleteI liked the perspective you brought to the theme, and how you explained the fluctuation of faith. I thought you did a great job staying on subject, and keeping the poem's focus clear.
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ReplyDeleteI thought that your poem interesting. I agree your definition of faith and how it relates holocaust. I like how it was almost like a story, because you tell what faith is and how it is important in the holocaust and how in the end everyone's faith was restored but not entirety . Overall I thought it was very well written poem.