Why does evil happened in the world? in my opinion evil
things take place in the world because good people do not speak up.
Martin Luther king Jr.'s words, "the ultimate tragedy is not the
oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by
the good people," are reflected in Art Spiegelman's novel "Maus, a
survivor's tale". In Spiegelman's book, which is talking about the
Germany's attack of Poland during WWII, Jews are treated similarly than
the afro-American people during Martin Luther King Jr.'s time. In both
situations good people remained silent as they watched bad people treat
Jews and afro-Americans poorly. Spiegelman's graphic book describes that
the Nazis were "grabbing Jews, if they had papers or no" (Spiegelman,
p. 80) and as they sought help good people turned them away exclaiming
"you'll bring trouble! Go away! Quickly!" (spiegelman p. 136). The
silence of good people made it possible for the Nazis to continue their
evil deeds. History often repeats itself. We need to pay attention and
stop evil from happening again by speak up and get active.
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