1. Analysis - Poems of World War II
... the organization of the poem Niemöller expresses the danger of total domination by 1,4,7 lines; "First they came for the Jews/ Communists/ trade unionists". There is chronologic description of how gradually people are indoctrinated to serve to the main objective of a totalitarian regimen. Arendt says, "The road of totalitarian domination leads through many intermediates stages () The extraordinary bloody terror during the initial stage of totalitarian rule serves indeed the exclusive purpose of defeating the ... opponent and rendering all further opposition impossible" (126). In other ...
- Word Count: 1800
- Approx Pages: 7
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate