Respond To Conflict: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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The Best Way To Respond To Conflict In times of war, history shows how people from across cultures respond to conflict. In World War ll, some people responded to conflict by mass genocide, hate, fear, and by losing faith. Many people saw each other different, showing that it’s right to be cruel to others just by their religion. This mistreatment lead to damage of people 's thoughts, emotions, and the way of seeing things. In the text The Boy In The Striped Pajamas shows how people that you should respond to conflict with violence right away, but that is not the best way to respond to conflict. However, in the text Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl shows how she has inspired many people with her bravery and her Jewish life, hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. As this text shows, positive attitude and having hope is the best way to respond to conflict. The inspiration of a positive attitude shows the feeling and thoughts of people during this time. In the text Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, she stays positive throughout the whole hiding, even though there were hard times she gave everyone hope and spirit by buying everyone gifts in Hanukkah. Another character that showed positive attitude was Mr. Frank. Mr. Frank appreciated everything they …show more content…

An article Evaluating of Responding in Peaceful and Positive way (RIPP) , published by Albert D. Farrell, Aleta C. Meyes, and Kamila S. White, states that staying in a positive attitude, teenagers can reduce the amount of fights, violence, and suspensions. Supporting that evidence, the article Attitude is King in Conflict Resolution by Peter Barron Stark says that having a positive attitude can resolve the conflict without harm. The last article Conflict Resolution Skills says when conflict is responded with positive attitude it increases our understanding of one another, build trust, and strengthens our relationship