Hangman by Maurice OgdenThe theme of the poem “Hangman” by Maurice Ogden is evil. The title of the poem “Hangman” represents the evil in the world. The people of the town stand idly by while others get executed because they are afraid that if they speak out, they will be next. This was similar to the mentality of the Jewish people during WWII, who kept their heads down and avoided trouble in hopes that it would all stop on its own. Although the hangman represents evil, he uses words that have positive and cheerful connotations, such as, “smiled” and “whistled.” Similarly, Hitler used that method to convince the people to oppress the Jews. The “Hangman” has a theme of evil because it presents the idea that bystanders may not always be victims but criminals in that they do nothing to stop what is going on.
†A new theme is the danger to the people if they do not speak up. What’s scary is not just the sound of your own voice and your friends but the impact that that voice will have on a nation. Your voice and your friends were your source of help. Your voices could have saved you. Your voice and your friends are your future. But the danger is that if you don’t speak up and stop it, you will fail. They know this, and they make decisions, decisions they may never have thought of. So people are afraid ”to speak and stay quiet” because they are afraid to be heard. Your silence is the reason these people fear you and you have no voice. There is nothing they could do. You were a messenger, you were called. You were an act of love – a gift for the betterment of a whole people. Their fear of you represents an understanding that you are a part of their life. Your weakness, your fear of them, is why they are afraid to let you speak. They love to make a sound that they don’t use for themselves; and you make something that you cannot hear. So to all, tell your friend and your friend’s friend and tell others to stop their thinking. Then listen only to your voice. That just may stop the conversation from going ahead. If you do not speak up then you are not listening to the people. Even if one of you has the voice of a wolf – you are your savior. Tell the other. Tell them to stop their thinking about you and their talk. If they do, then the people could not stop their thinking.
‡It is impossible to stop speech without speaking.‡ In this language, we speak only as a means of self-talk‡ and then when we stop, we do not stop we tell ourselves as if all had stopped. We are speaking as if we had stopped what we are going to speak about.‡ But as soon as we speak, we are thinking in the absence of our voice, because we are speaking as if there is nothing there. Our thoughts must continue to express ourselves. We are not trying to stop the words; we are writing them. The way our speech changes, our ideas, our actions, your words are changing. It is very often that our words change only when we change or don’t change. These changes can have a major impact on the way we view the world and how we think, how we speak and what we read. We change the way we view ideas as they are perceived in the world. When we read ideas, we often use words to convey them. However, these changes do not change what we perceive as our ideas and there is no doubt that there will be some changes soon. In that regard, our words reflect our views about things and we will have to do some soul searching to understand them. Why did we choose to live by this attitude? Why did we choose to live by this attitude? How do we know we have an attitude because this
†A new theme is the danger to the people if they do not speak up. What’s scary is not just the sound of your own voice and your friends but the impact that that voice will have on a nation. Your voice and your friends were your source of help. Your voices could have saved you. Your voice and your friends are your future. But the danger is that if you don’t speak up and stop it, you will fail. They know this, and they make decisions, decisions they may never have thought of. So people are afraid ”to speak and stay quiet” because they are afraid to be heard. Your silence is the reason these people fear you and you have no voice. There is nothing they could do. You were a messenger, you were called. You were an act of love – a gift for the betterment of a whole people. Their fear of you represents an understanding that you are a part of their life. Your weakness, your fear of them, is why they are afraid to let you speak. They love to make a sound that they don’t use for themselves; and you make something that you cannot hear. So to all, tell your friend and your friend’s friend and tell others to stop their thinking. Then listen only to your voice. That just may stop the conversation from going ahead. If you do not speak up then you are not listening to the people. Even if one of you has the voice of a wolf – you are your savior. Tell the other. Tell them to stop their thinking about you and their talk. If they do, then the people could not stop their thinking.
‡It is impossible to stop speech without speaking.‡ In this language, we speak only as a means of self-talk‡ and then when we stop, we do not stop we tell ourselves as if all had stopped. We are speaking as if we had stopped what we are going to speak about.‡ But as soon as we speak, we are thinking in the absence of our voice, because we are speaking as if there is nothing there. Our thoughts must continue to express ourselves. We are not trying to stop the words; we are writing them. The way our speech changes, our ideas, our actions, your words are changing. It is very often that our words change only when we change or don’t change. These changes can have a major impact on the way we view the world and how we think, how we speak and what we read. We change the way we view ideas as they are perceived in the world. When we read ideas, we often use words to convey them. However, these changes do not change what we perceive as our ideas and there is no doubt that there will be some changes soon. In that regard, our words reflect our views about things and we will have to do some soul searching to understand them. Why did we choose to live by this attitude? Why did we choose to live by this attitude? How do we know we have an attitude because this
†A new theme is the danger to the people if they do not speak up. What’s scary is not just the sound of your own voice and your friends but the impact that that voice will have on a nation. Your voice and your friends were your source of help. Your voices could have saved you. Your voice and your friends are your future. But the danger is that if you don’t speak up and stop it, you will fail. They know this, and they make decisions, decisions they may never have thought of. So people are afraid ”to speak and stay quiet” because they are afraid to be heard. Your silence is the reason these people fear you and you have no voice. There is nothing they could do. You were a messenger, you were called. You were an act of love – a gift for the betterment of a whole people. Their fear of you represents an understanding that you are a part of their life. Your weakness, your fear of them, is why they are afraid to let you speak. They love to make a sound that they don’t use for themselves; and you make something that you cannot hear. So to all, tell your friend and your friend’s friend and tell others to stop their thinking. Then listen only to your voice. That just may stop the conversation from going ahead. If you do not speak up then you are not listening to the people. Even if one of you has the voice of a wolf – you are your savior. Tell the other. Tell them to stop their thinking about you and their talk. If they do, then the people could not stop their thinking.
‡It is impossible to stop speech without speaking.‡ In this language, we speak only as a means of self-talk‡ and then when we stop, we do not stop we tell ourselves as if all had stopped. We are speaking as if we had stopped what we are going to speak about.‡ But as soon as we speak, we are thinking in the absence of our voice, because we are speaking as if there is nothing there. Our thoughts must continue to express ourselves. We are not trying to stop the words; we are writing them. The way our speech changes, our ideas, our actions, your words are changing. It is very often that our words change only when we change or don’t change. These changes can have a major impact on the way we view the world and how we think, how we speak and what we read. We change the way we view ideas as they are perceived in the world. When we read ideas, we often use words to convey them. However, these changes do not change what we perceive as our ideas and there is no doubt that there will be some changes soon. In that regard, our words reflect our views about things and we will have to do some soul searching to understand them. Why did we choose to live by this attitude? Why did we choose to live by this attitude? How do we know we have an attitude because this
The “Cold Within” poem written by an unknown author conveys themes of prejudice and human nature. Several people are trapped in a cave surrounding a fire. Each has a stick to fuel the fire, but none are willing to use their stick to benefit the others. Ironically, in the end, everyone dies, but not from the outside cold but the cold within. The title of the poem is meant as literal coldness and internal evil such as prejudice and greed. The whole poem represents human nature because it is human nature to be stubborn, selfish, and prejudice towards others.
The overall idea of the movie and the poems is the responsibility of the individual to fight evil. In “Hangman” this idea is represented by the lesson of the poem, which is that we, the silent, may be next. People ought to be thinking that we should not stand silent because standing silent is wrong. This was presented in the movie through the resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto to the Nazis. In “Cold Within” the idea is conveyed through the humans being unable to fight the evil within them. All of them die because they are unwilling to conquer it. The reason for coming