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The text states, "That was a secret. A secrecy for all, except one: the president of the Jewish Council. But he would not tell, or could tell. The Gestapo had threatened to shoot him if he talked. This quote shows how fear cause people to stay silent. He was scared to suffer, but the information he withheld would cause others to suffer.

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This quote is considered sadly ironic because Elie's father believes that the yellow star as harmless, sadly it leads to many deaths of Jews. The yellow star marks Jews for persecution. Pressurizing them into ghettos and concentration camps. This is where many lives were lost. This leads in many fatal consequences for the town.

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The yellow star shows how jews were separated and discriminated. The star is not lethal because when you put it on it does not kill you right away and isn’t lethal at that moment. But it is lethal in showing the targets of genocide.

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Silence in our society is very prominent, especially when people are ashamed of their actions or are scared of the of their present oppressors. Most people do not speak out when injustice is happening because they are afraid that the same injustices will happen to them, or they might be punished severely if they talk about the things that are happening around them.

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Silence plays an important role in society because people don't usually speak out on their opinions. Not everyone will agree with their opinion and and they could get bad backlash. people don't usually speak out on injustice because they could get hurt in the process.

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They were in disbelief of all the bad things happening to them, they didn’t want to believe it or else it would become true and they would actually have to face it.

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Silence in society often ends up with injustice, as it can be inferred as way for approval, this can allow harmful behaviors to continue without challenge. This proves why people should speak up so the issue can get fixed sooner and help their town.

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The yellow star symbolizes how the Jews were separated and started the process of discrimination of the Jews, however in the story this quote proves as a example of disbelief as they don’t want to see the bad side or the bad perspective of this rule.

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"even moishe the beatle had grown silent. he grew weary of talking" (wiesel 8).

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"even moishe the beatle had grown silent. he grew weary of talking" (wiesel 8).

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even the strongest / the most passionate had fallen silent. moishe had grown tired of being ignored and had his ideals abandoned and beaten out of him. it symbolizes how brutally a dissident can be reprimanded by "believers."

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“Moishe was not the same.The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang.He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah.” The significance of this quote is that at the start, Moishe was described as a very religious, happy and devoted person. But the person he was after the incident was a stark contrast to his previous self. This shows how much the injustice/cruelty can affect a Jew and it also hints to what the gestapo wanted the jews to feel and how they wanted to make them loose faith in their beliefs or religion.

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Silence plays an important role and they usually don’t speak out when they see injustice because they don’t want to be the only person thinking about the thing, or get hate for their beliefs

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"Even Moishe the Beadle had fallen silent" (Weisel 8). This quote expresses the fact that such an oppressive and horrific event had occurred and even changed the character of the once "talkative" and religious Moishe the Beadle to become silent.

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The people of Sighet were so hesitant to believe what was happening because the things happening to them were very scary, and by being in disbelief it could be like the bad things were never happening.

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They were so hesitant because they could never imagine the horrors that they were about to witness at the extermination camps. They refused to believe that Moishe was telling the truth about what he saw.

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“(Poor Father! Of what then did you die?)”

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“(Poor Father! Of what then did you die?)”

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One significant quotation is, “‘The yellow star? So what? It’s not lethal . . .’ (Poor father! Of what then did you die?)” This quote has Ellie’s father reassuring the community’s that the yellow star is not lethal, but then we know that his father will die. The narrator knows that the yellow star ultimately killed his father, and feels helpless that his gather thought that way before perishing.

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The text states, “That was a severely. A secret for all, except one: the president of the Jewish Council. But he would not tell, or he could not tell. The Gestapo. Had threatened to shoot him if he talked” (Wiesel 13). This quote shows how fear can make people silent. The president of the Jewish council was scared of his suffering, but the information he withhold could have helped people escaped their future full of suffering. He put his safety and well being above others.

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The yellow star, which Jews were required to wear, made Jews be targeted, attacked, and killed. This makes the quote ironic because it literally kills people and IS deadly.

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Silence plays a important role in our society, when people see injustice people tend to not speak out and to be silent as they are afraid of being made fun of or not aligning with the general beliefs of a population.

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His father did not understand that even though it seemed as just a required accessory, the star was to mark the Jewish people. Marking them to be ridiculed, made inferior, and targeting them.

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people didn't understand the severity of the yellow star, thinking of it as a flag or symbol, but it would later recognize the jewish as walking targets for the nazis

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Elie's father did not believe the yellow star symbol to be lethal or important at the time. However, wearing the yellow star made it easier for the Nazis to identify Jews to further oppress them.

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the people believed or tried to believe that if they turned a blind eye to the horror, then it wouldn't be real and they could hide away from the world

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"The real answers, Eliezer, you will find only within yourself" (Wiesel 5).

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"The real answers, Eliezer, you will find only within yourself" (Wiesel 5).

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This quote represents how Elie needed to know himself and that could potentially help him to survive mentally.

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They don’t believe what is happening simply because it’s easier not to. They don’t want to have to worry about something so catastrophic and scary, so they say it’s not happening or make excuses.

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silence impacts our society largely - as tyrannical figures tear apart the place and people of a group, more people are leaning towards staying quiet and "safe" leading to further destruction

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“He no longer mentioned God or Kabbalah”. The significance of this quote is that the harsh experience that Moishe had been through had erased his passion for his religion. This is one of the main themes that Elie will feel in the book.

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The people of Sighet found it hard to believe that such a horrific and sudden event had taken place. They ignored the information in hopes that it wasn't actually true.

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Silence plays a big role in society. When injustice occurs, many people will be silent due to the fact that they're scared to oppose the society. It's only when a few people start to speak out, others will start to speak out as well.

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When people see an injustice, they may stay silent and not speak out. This could be done for a multitude of reasons, but the main one is fear. Fear is a very powerful emotion that can change how people think and act. For example, people might stay silent after seeing a public beating because they are afraid it will happen to them.

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When people become silent, they often allow whatever fate life gives them with no will to try something different. Causing no one to speak against injustice and rather continue the unfair treatment.

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Elie's father failed to understand what the yellow star (Aka the star of david) actually meant. To the nazis, the yellow star instantly let them know that a Jew is in their presence. It removes any previous identification of that person, including their name or their family status. The star also made them easy targets for the Germans.

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“The race towards death had begun.”(Weisel 10).

This quote means that from now on, Jews would be targeted and many of them will die. The word race means that they will all die quickly from here.

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Silence can be both a good and bad thing, however when injustice occurs, people tend to not speak up and stay silent in hopes or not being punished themselves or causing the situation to worsen.

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The yellow star did not seem so lethal to many people at the start but now it holds strong significance due to to large amount of deaths it caused.

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"Annihilate an entire people? Wipe out a population dispersed

throughout so many nations? So many millions of people! By

what means? In the middle of the twentieth century" (Wiesel 33).

This quote represents the motif of disbelief. The fact that the Nazis were aiming to wipe out an entire race sounded dubious to the Jews at that time, and so they couldn't process this thought of annihilation.

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"By day I would study Talmud and bu night I would run to the synagogue" (Wiesel 3). This shows that Eliezer is very religious and devotes a lot of time to his beliefs.

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The significance of this quote is that Elie’s father wouldn’t have known that the yellow start was used to identify them, and that it would lead to the mass murder of the race.

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Silence is important in our society because when people see something that is wrong, they will usually ignore it. Not many people will stand up for the wrongdoing. This relates to Night because if someone tried to speak up in the silence they would get executed immediately. Now, since the times have changed, people have a voice in our society that they can use to speak up during these wrongdoings.

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This is because they didn’t want this price of information to come true, they believed that if they ignored it or turned a blind eye to it, the situation will better itself. Some people just refused to believe it because they didn’t want negative information to spread wether it’s true or not.

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In the text it states "The race of death has just begun."(Wiesel 10). Hints at a larger theme of how horrible the Holocaust actually was.

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My quote is "Even Moishe the Beadle had fallen silent" (Wiesel 8). This happens after Moishe was tortured and nearly killed, while he watched families dig their own graves and then get slaughtered. When he told the people in the village, they were in disbelief, causing Moishe to be silent.

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The star was very lethal because it was an indicator that they were a Jew which was not a good thing at that time.

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This is ironic because something they thought was so harmless, was actually what lead to thousands of deaths.

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The people of Sighet were hesitant to believe this because they were living in fear and because they couldn’t accept that anything like this could happen as this scale.

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The people were in disbelief that this was happening to them which is why they didn’t take any action.

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Silence plays a big role in our society, sometimes people stay silent and choose not to speak when an injustice is occurring because they don’t want to get involved or make things worse, although this can lead to bigger and more forms of injustice taking place.

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The people of Sighet were hesitant to believe what was happening because the stories of the mass deportation were too horrifying to believe. They were unbelievable since they thought they were living in a peaceful and safe town. They probably did not want to believe this so that they wouldn't fear too much. People struggle a lot to accept the reality of negative events, a lot of times when they lack experience with this fear since they have been living a peaceful life up until now.

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The people of Sighet were hesitant to believe what was happening because the stories of the mass deportation were too horrifying to believe. They were unbelievable since they thought they were living in a peaceful and safe town. They probably did not want to believe this so that they wouldn't fear too much. People struggle a lot to accept the reality of negative events, a lot of times when they lack experience with this fear since they have been living a peaceful life up until now.

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Elie’s father believed that being forced to wear The Star of David didn’t mean anything, and said “it’s not lethal”. Unbeknownst to him, however, what he was saying was wrong. Wearing the star told everyone that they were Jews, and they were the enemies of the world.

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"Moishe was not the same. The joys in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah," (Wiesel 7). After Moishe had an encounter with the Nazis, he was no longer the same, this shows change and loss of faith.

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Although Elie’s Dad says the star is not lethal it very much is. The star marked them as a Jew and caused them to feel vulnerable in public. It could causes them immediate death, torture, or encapturement.

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They didn't want to accept that would be there new reality. That something so horrendous could happen to them.

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My quote is: "Every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer" (Wiesel 5). I believe that this quote is very deep and inspirational. When someone asks a question, usually they just ask for an answer, no matter how short or long it is. When doing that, the question loses its meaning if the answer is not the best it can be. So, the power in the question disappears.

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Ellie's father doesn't understand that the yellow star is making Jews walking targets, because it allows for people to identify harass Jews based on the star that they are wearing.

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Elie's father didn't believe that the yellow star was harmful, but it meant that they were the targets of the nazis.

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Elie's father didn't believe that the yellow star was harmful, but it meant that they were the targets of the nazis.

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This is ironic because even though the star itself isn't harmful, the Nazis murdered those with the star, making its purpose to identify victims.

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Silence can be harmful I our society. People who don’t speak out against wrongful actions are letting the crime happen repeatedly. Silence can allow crimes to happen if you don’t speak up.

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People stay silent during injustice because they are afraid of what would happen to them if they speak out.

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Although he views it harmless, he does not know that in the future, the simple yellow star will kill millions of people.

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Silence plays a major role in society. People usually stay silent when they see injustice occur because they are most likely living in fear of what might happen to them if they speak out.

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The quote, "He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah" (Wiesel 7) shows how cruel events and dehumanization can lead to loss of belief. It represents that acts that display violence and put fear in people can often cause people to forget about what they believe.

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The people of Sighet did not want to believe the reality of what is to come because they were so full of fear and could not believe that could happen.

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The people of Sighet did not want to believe the reality of what is to come because they were so full of fear and could not believe that could happen.

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"I warned you," (Wiesel 10). This shows the audience that even when Mosihe the Beatles was trying to warn everyone about the Nazis, nobody believed him. Then, the Nazis came and nobody was prepared for them.

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"We were stunned, yet we wanted to fully absorb the bitter news" (Wiesel 13). This quote signifies how all the Jews were getting kicked out of their homes but they didn't want to believe it was happening.

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"Silence" represents that the people were not speaking about injustices that were happening. They were afraid that they would be targeted next.

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"The race of death had begun"(Wiesel 10). This quote symbolizes foreshadowing as the race of death was the Holacaust where millions of Jews died.

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The people of Sighet were going through disbelief: nothing like this has ever happened before, especially not on a scale as large as the Holocaust. They simply couldn't accept the fact that genocide is being commited by government officials to wipe out an entire race.

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The People of Sighet’s Ignorance of the Rumours

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The People of Sighet’s Ignorance of the Rumours

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The people of Sighet didn’t want to believe the rumours that had reached them. They thought that it was too horrifying to think about, and it was more reassuring to think that it was just exaggerations and not true.

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Silence can determine the outcome of a predicament. Some will speak out to voice their beliefs. However, others will not due to a fear of being seen different from the others and becoming a pariah.

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Elie's father thinks that having a yellow star many not cause harm, but in reality, it makes them targets of the Nazis.

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Why were the people of Sighet so hesitant to believe what was happening to them in the beginning of the novel?

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Why were the people of Sighet so hesitant to believe what was happening to them in the beginning of the novel?

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The idea that foreign Jews were being taken to dig their own graves and were being harassed feels so far-fetched, that the villagers were in disbelief, or they refused to believe that the event was true.

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Silence in a society is when people stay quiet about injustice, most people stay silent due to fear of authorities some have the courage to speak out against it.

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Silence in a society is when people stay quiet about injustice, most people stay silent due to fear of authorities some have the courage to speak out against it.

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The people of sighet were so hesitant to believe what was happening because what was being said sounded so different from the reality that they were living in. It sounded impossible and crazy to them. They rather deny it than believe it’s true.

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The yellow star was something that the Jews wore when they went outside. When people saw the yellow star on somebody, they often got discriminated and harassed.

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Even though this means that the Jews are now under Nazi regime, they still are not scared of them.

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The Nazis made all Jews wear yellow stars so they could easily target the Jews. However, the quote symbolizes how the Jews aren't scared of the Nazis

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The yellow star is how the Germans identified the Jews. This caused them to be target and easy target to be taken to the concentration camps.

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The yellow star is what Jews wore in the Holocaust. With the yellow star Jews were getting hurt from it.

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The people in Sighet didn't;t believe what was happening due to the fact that the things happening was very scary. They didn't think it was real

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This quote demonstrates irony because the yellow star is what got many Nazis to figure out who were Jews. The yellow star led to many Jews' death.

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People in the city of Sighet had disbelief in what was happening to them. They didn't want to believe that and they didn't want that to happen to them.

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Silence plays a major role in society because those who stay silent don't make an impact on anything. This is most people in a population; however those who choose to speack up are considered upstanders and make an impact on their community.

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The people in Sighet did not believe what was happening, because the things that were happening were so horrid, that they just could not accept that its real.

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They did not want told believe it because they hoped that it would not happen to them and that they were afraid.

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People don't think things like this would ever happen, because they aren't normal things to occur. Especially if only a few people (minority) are talking about it

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Silence plays an important role in society. Many people don't speak up as they are afraid what could happen to them. However, a few people stick up for injustice to help defend someone/something.

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They were in denial.

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The yellow star is what Jews wore during the Holocaust, and it was how they were identified. When people saw the star, they often discriminated and harassed the Jews.

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The yellow star is what Jews wore during the Holocaust, and it was how they were identified. When people saw the star, they often discriminated and harassed the Jews.

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Silence is when people in a society don’t speak out about things because they are afraid to or unable to. When one person is silent, others are encouraged to stay silent too. When people see an injustice occurring they most likely do not speak out because they are afraid of getting involved and harmed as a result. People are not willing to risk their own safety for others.

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People tend to stay quiet when they see something wrong and won't act upon it unless someone else does first.

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“Silence” in our society occurs when something is to big and frightening that it isn’t talked about at all. Many do not speak up about an injustice in the fear of being killed or captured.

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Silence plays a massive role in out society if injustice is happening in their society. They are afraid to speak out. That's why most people stay silent and only a select few speak out.

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Some people do, but most of the time people don't, because they want to be part of the norm. They don't want to stand out from other people.

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The people of Sighet had disbelief in what was happening to them. They didn't believe what happened to the old man because it just was never something that could have ever happened.

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Silence is when people prefer not to speak up in society because they feel that someone may come for them if they speak their opinion.

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Today people protest when they see something injust. They speak out to make it right.

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Because they were in disbelief; they couldn't believe what they were told because it sounded so fake.

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Because they were in disbelief; they couldn't believe what they were told because it sounded so fake.

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Silence plays a significant role in our society. People usually don't speak out when they see an injustice occuring because they are scared of what could happen to them.

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When people see injustice, they usually stay silent or don't act. However, a few may speak up and stand up for whoever is being treated unfairly.

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When people see injustice, they usually stay silent or don't act. However, a few may speak up and stand up for whoever is being treated unfairly.

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Why the people of Sighet were so hesitant to believe what was happening?

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Why the people of Sighet were so hesitant to believe what was happening?

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The people didn’t want yo believe it because they didn’t want it to happen to them and they were scared.

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This is ironic because The Star of David was used by the Nazis to verify who were Jews and who weren't. They got mass murdered quite literally because of the star.