Good Vs Evil

Standing by and being a neutral bystander helps those who are evil. I personally believe that this statement is true in every sense of the word. The two main things that the world can do to stop evil are that we the people of the word can stick together and help each other and we can take action. In addition, we do not have to stand around and do nothing, by doing nothing; we are giving all of our power to the person/persons who seek to destroy us and the others around ourselves.

To begin with, by sticking together we can help ourselves in the long run, by us not sticking together, we allow our captor’s to have full control over ourselves. A good example of what not sticking together can lead to is best shown in the story “Terrible Things”(Bunting),

Doing nothing will do nothing but aid the enemy in the task of rounding us up like cattle. A good example of not standing idle and watching is by Elanor Roosevelt, a quote from her says, “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” This is a good example of how doing something will benefit the good of all, through doing something rather the just waiting for it to be done, don’t expect others to do a job that you must do yourself. Another good example might be best generalized in the story “Death Fugue” (Celan), it gives off the spirt of do not wait around so long as to have to did you own grave. Essentially, he is saying this so that people will stand up for what is right, before they are forced into doing something that is wrong. To end, standing around and doing nothing will only lead you further into a bad situation from which we cannot escape and that is why we must stick together. However, others may say, that Anne Frank was safe in hiding, and that the people in her hiding place stuck together. But I argue, in the diary of Anne Frank, one example of people not sticking together is when Mrs.Frank points out that Mr. van Daan is stealing bread, this is what Mrs.Frank had to say, “My God! I don’t believe it! The bread! He’s stealing the bread!” It is my personal opinion that this house of safety and benevolence that she is said to have lived in. Is nothing father from the truth. To close my address, Anne