The quote from Carl Schurz, in Ms. Somers' last post, reminded me of this poem:
First They Came . . .
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
What connections can you make between the two texts that deepen our understanding of being agents of social change?
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i can make a connection between ms.Somers post and this poem by looking what they are about. They are both about speaking out. My question:what type of impact do the
post by ms.Somers and the poem have on you?
when im read the poem i feel that inside i can't exaple the feeling.i think the meaning to the connection is if u are muslm,hindu,jewish or anything we are all PEOPLE!
I think the connections between Carl Schurz and the poem, "First They Came" is that the both are about rights! The quote is about the positive things about equal rights and this poem is about the negative things happening to someone about equal rights!!
the connection is thatif you dont speak up sooner or later, you cant protect yourself and others.
I think it means that the people that came 1st.
I think the connection between ms.somers and mr.cotton's writing is that they were using thier voices between their writing.
This poem is like Ms.Somers post because they both are about standing and speaking up about your rights.
if you dont speack up sooner or later you might you might be punished.
i think what mr.cotton and ms.somers wrote very strong words . iagree
This poem is like Ms.somers post because they're both about speaking and standing up for yourself.
I agree.
the connection that i made was that when i was 9 some of my friends got in trouble for not doing their homework and one day I got in trouble because I forgot to do my homework :)
when i read the poem,i kinda feel sad for the innocent people that "they" came for,i also kinda feel frustrated at "they" whoever they are.
the connection i made with ms.somers and mr.cotton`s poem is that they both talk about people having equal rights and standing up for others rights.
This poem is very sad.TGhat guy never stood up or spoke out for any one.And when he was in danger no one stood up for him.He should have stod up.This reminds me of all the wars hapenning in all the contries.I feel sorry for the people that are inocent also the children are dying.I think the solution would be for every one to the GOLDEN RULE.It would be perfect and every one will live in peace and harmony.
the conection i made with ms.somers qoaut and mr.cottons poem is they all had rights.
When I read the poem I think we should not be fighting with each other because we are all some how the same.WHAT EVER YOUR RELIGON IS WE ARE ALL MAMMALS,HUMAN BEINGS AND PEOPLE.
when i read this peom it feels like all the relgion are one and we are PEOPLE
i think the poem is about if u help others and stand up for them.they will stand up for u.
I think that the poem means that you have to speak up for everybody if they are innocent.It doesn't matter of their differences and the man in the poem was not speaaking up for the people and after that they came for him but nobody could speak up for him because they were all locked up and going to be killed.
the quote means it dosent matter what you are you still a people
i think a agent of chage is a person who tries to change a importent matter.
When I read this poem I felt like I aws the only one left in this world. My connection is that when I aws little some of my friends were getting bullied but I couldn't help them because i was scared. When the bully started to bully me then there was no one to help me out.
I think that for this poem its something about hitler,the germens,and the jewish and they're talking about that when they were doing world war 2, they wanted to tell hitler not to kill those people and to let them have a voice.<3
I think that the poem is about the germans,the jewish and about hitler.They're telling us that when world war 2 was happening, they wanted the dictrators to let them have a voice and share they're ideas.
i think the poem means is that it dosn't matter if your a hindu, muslim or jewish it matter whats inside you.
I think that it really means somthing and that everyone has a chance to be an "agent of social change and you just need to want somthing and not give up trying to make it be so.
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