Alinsky Idea Of Silence

“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”-the Talmud. When Danny and Reuven we’re friends they had each other to talk to and then in college they had nobody, In the book “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, It talks about how silence can bring to sides together and hurt and help you.

“Silence is the real crime against humanity,” said Nadezhda Mandelstam (1999, p 405) in “Hoping against hope.” When humans become silent, they give up on what they believe in according to Mandelstam. Silence means that humans are no longer fighting for their beliefs or for humanity. When a bull is being lead to its slaughter, it fights to be set free, but humans do not fight since it is considered courageous to be executed with your eyes opens. Humans should follow the bulls and fight till the end.

Silence is the most dangerous tool people can use. As a society it has become more common to watch or listen to the problems occurring around them instead of trying to solve the situation. How people react after avoiding or participating in conflict can vary; our human nature tends to make us throw our problems under the rug to worry about later, however some may feel guilt or regret afterwards. Many works of literature represent how individuals conform to the “norm” rather than doing what they believe is right. Piggy and Ralph from Lord of the Flies symbolize the differences in reactions to keeping silent and how relationships will evolve, by letting situations play out without their aid. The effect of silence in society is detrimental to

In the video, “The Danger of Silence,” teacher and poet, Clint Smith delivers an iambic

The slave narrative genre is an important part of American history. These stories are not only portraits of individual history, but also of American history. By reading the stories of the past we can better determine the path of the future. The personal stories of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs are two excellent examples of the slave narrative genre in American literature. To be sure, bondage and oppression had a lasting and profound effect on both genders; however, men and women experienced slavery in different ways. By comparing and contrasting “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” and “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” we gain very different insights into the truth about slavery from the vantage

The United States of America: the land of opportunity! Ironically, that is quite the contrary to reality. For centuries, immigrants have traveled to the country to get work and live better lives. Yet, for many decades, immigration laws have been passed in order to limit the amount of immigrants pursuing employment. The motive for this action is generally due to the worry that illegal aliens will enter the nation and take away jobs from American citizens. The fact is, there are many particular jobs that the majority of Americans don’t wish to take. Agriculture work, medical science, and domestic service are three examples of fields that

It would be hard to believe that some of the greatest teachers of human behaviour could be the past mistakes, and perhaphs even the nefariousiousness of some. A good example of this would be the Holocaust which could arguably be one of the most inhumane activities ever conducted against humanity; however, the event did teach us a lesson or two about how different individuals face such catastrophe. During such times, most do not consider it easy or “smart” to speak out against the violence, hatred, and atrocities that hurt, and sometimes even decimate people just like them; but there are just a few who dare to use their privilege to help those who are deprived of their’s. The New York Times

Throughout de La Salle’s writing, he uses diction to further our understanding of who these saints were. He paints pictures, choosing words carefully so that each character will be perceived in the manner he intended.

Silence is always easy, but not always right. People in need do not always have a voice. Sometimes speaking up about something is hard, but it is necessary for progression.

Silence is a relative term. Conceptually, silence differs depending on the situation and the person that is the object of its effectiveness. Emotionally, it possesses the ability to evoke many feelings; while in context, silence can be used to define a situation like a time of prayer or respect. According to Merriam Webster, silence is simply “the near or complete absence of sound.” Although this is true, silence possesses other meanings that stem from the application of its literal meaning. These other meanings are all powerful instances of the word in varying situations. Silence possess different meanings that come from its relativity in emotion, its respect in observance, and its capability in power.

First of all, the word Silent can apply to the natural world. When I lived in the countryside of Vietnam on the other side of the globe, about 4:30 every morning I woke up with my mom and went to Church. My mom and I rode on a small bicycle and on the road which was close to the river. Along the river there weren’t any boats going backwards and forwards with the water. We rode on that bike; there was no sound around us. The atmosphere around us was so amazing, because I could hear the sound of the mosquitoes flying beside my ears. That’s how silent it was in the

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt” (Lincoln). Lincoln could not have said it better. In today’s society everything people say is judged harshly by everyone. A person could say one thing that can have multiple meanings and the first thing that comes to mind from other nowadays is negativity. Which is why many choose to stay quiet rather than say they might regret later. Quiet people nowadays are portrayed as weird, odd, dumb, or anti-social just because a person is quiet does not imply anything about their character. Society is too quick on labeling individuals on how they act in a matter of seconds, that is has become a natural reaction to critique someone based on something

Silence Speaks Volumes.. they say.. I wonder! If that is true, why could you not listen to my mute voice and hear what I have been trying to tell you..

Technically, silence can be defined as the absolute absense of sound. In human interaction, however, the boundaries of this definition may fade. In that case, it is not the total absense of sound but the absense of speech that determines the silence within a conversation. According to Harold Pinter, this conversational silence can be divided into two categories: "one when no word is spoken. The other when perhaps a torrent of language is being employed". In other words, one kind of silence occurs when two people are quiet and not talking to one another. The other, the "torrent of language", concerns what can be read between the lines, or the real truth behind what is being said. This latter may not be a genuine silence, but in Pinter's plays,

Hear Your Voice: In silence, you can hear your inner voice. What it wants. It works perfectly when we find ourselves in a great dilemma when we don’t know what to do next. Silence helps us to show the right way.