"They came for the Jews," Martin Niemoller, and "God loves you anyway" Harold Kushnersay - the care of others

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The first essay is a poem entitled 'First, They Came for The Jews', written by a German Pastor named Martin Niemoller. It talks about what happened in 1939-1945, during World War II, where many people died, due to the nazi government in Germany. The second essay is an extract of a book written by Harold Kushner, a prominent American Rabbi. In this text, Kushner explains that making mistakes does not mean that we will lose God's love. People are not perfect, it is human to make mistakes and we learn from the mistakes we make. In these two essays, the writers want to convey the same message, that is, 'we should care about others', but they do it differently.

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[...] For example, Martin Niemoller was not Jewish but he rebelled against Hitler during World War II anyway). React against something unfair such as injustice or discrimination is the right behavior we should all have because even if everybody is unique and different from the others, we are all human beings and should be united, helpful and attentive of the well-being of others. An idiom says “What comes around goes around”, therefore if you let bad things happen to others without doing anything to help them, do not complain if, when you will be in a difficult situation one day, no one comes to take care of your case or help you. [...]

[...] People are not perfect but in my opinion, they have to be a minimum perfect to gain the love of God and others. I believe that, if people follow the last six commandments, they will have the basis of a good behavior: Honor your father and mother, do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness against your neighbor, do not covet your neighbor's wife, and do not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor. [...]

[...] Thus, the two writers have the main idea which is we should do what you think it is right but Kushner stresses that this is not always possible, even if one tries hard to reach this aim. Humans are not perfect therefore their acts are not always perfect too. Also, there is another difference between these two texts: in “First They Came for the the message conveys by Niemoller is that we should take care of others, especially the most vulnerable ones, such as innocent and good people. [...]

[...] The second essay is an extract of a book written by Harold Kushner, a prominent American Rabbi. In this text, Kushner try to explain that making mistakes does not mean that we will lose God's love. People are not perfect, it is human to make mistakes and we learn from the mistakes we make. In these two essays, the writers want to convey the same message that is should care about others” but they do it differently. In “First They Came for the the speaker claims that he did not speak out when the Nazis came for the Jews, for the Communists and for the Trade Unionists. [...]

[...] Thus, Kushner teaches his readers that if we accept people the way they are, we could take a better care of them by not expecting them to be perfect. Showing people that we love them despite the little defects they can have make them feel good about themselves and make them aware that even though they do something wrong, that not means they will lose the Love of God. In the first essay, Niemoller makes people understand in a direct way that we should take care of other people. [...]