Last Discussion Questions Reed Steiner

Last Discussion Questions Reed Steiner

1. My favorite poem from this week is "First They Came for the Jews" by Martin Niemoller. It was an interesting narrative that would wouldn’t normally hear. It starts off by saying that he did not speak of for the Jews, the Communists, the unionists, so there was no one left to speak out for him. Niemoller is saying that it's not just the Nazi's fault for the holocaust and it's not just the governments fault for other corruptions that happen it's all our fault because need to stand up for what is right and stand up against what is wrong no matter what the consequence is.

2.I also really enjoyed "The hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka. I thought it was an interesting concept to have an artist that fasts. I'm not sure of what the meaning is except I did make one connection. That man would fast for-forty days which is the same amount of time that Jesus fasted in the desert. So maybe the short story is some kind of metaphor or allegory for Jesus. At first the hunger artist was some big sensation because what he was doing seemed like miracle, Jesus performed merciless. Then after they were over the it they just let the man die and starve himself to death, much like Jesus. Jesus was killed by the same group of people that followed him. Maybe the hunger artist is support to be Jesus. The only thing that doesn't match up to well is the hunger artist did rise again.