Friday, February 26, 2010
injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, as well as Elie Weisel, have both lived indifferent lives. Both have suffered tremendously, and have been scarced for life. These men both fought for injustice. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. targeted Birmingham, because that is where it all started. Birmingham was the most segreted city in the United states. They had a record of most brutality occured amongsts African Americans and unjustice in courts. In Elie's case, he was a victim of the Holocaust, marking his 54th anniversary of being freed from Nazi death camp. Elie , was assured unjust and indifferent, in the way that there is no difference, as to dawn and dusk, as to punishment and crime, persay. The statement said by Dr. MLK Jr., "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appaling silence of the good people," reflects Elie's essay, in a way were, both have turned away from sin, and gained forgivness from a person who did wrong, of course never forgetting what was once done to them, but all they could have done was abide gratitude for those who did the right thing and fought till the end to regain justice and equal rights. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. letter, he talks about how if he had lived in Germany, he would comfort his Jewish brothers, and disobey the Communists norms. It seems to me that he understood what Elie was going through, putting himself in his shoes and feeling his pain. In my eyes, both have hoped that we will be able to learn from our mistakes and make it a prosperous future, but in order to do that, we must understand and be more optimistic about the future as it is was the past.
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Both of these issues and incidents are very remarkable. It is sad to see how careless and evil people were in the past, and can be even today. With enough motivation and support of course. But people should not have to live in fear no matter what. They should not fear death or life like in Elie’s case with the Nazi camps they all were afraid of the life they were to have to live because it was a horrible and dangerous one. They also had to live in fear of death and tomorrow. They did not know what would happen to them tomorrow or even in ten minutes. They could be killed spontaneously and at any second of the day all because they were prisoners. But in Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s case he, even though he probably never showed it, had to be afraid of what people could do and would do to him if they got a chance. All because he was fighting for something a majority of the people felt was unnecessary and should not happen. They were willing to do anything in their power to prevent it from happening and willing to get rid of anybody fighting against them, like Martin Luther King Junior.
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