Understanding

• Standing up to oppression takes great individual courage

I agreed with this one because to stand up and rebel, you need a lot of courage since you might be punished afterwards. During the middle ages Thomas Baker (a baker) stood up to the poll tax collectors even though he knew that he would be punished. Just because of this one little outburst, it sparked the whole peasant revolt against the poll tax. During the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler greatly disliked the Treaty of Versailles and wanted to abolish it, so he made the Nazi party. At first no one wanted to join it but as time went by, more and more people joined in against the Treaty. Even in present time, if someone didn't like how the government ruled the country they would stand up, rebel and maybe face a punishment. The bravery of that one person might spread around to people who also don't like how the government is ruling and would protest. In conclusion, it could only take the courage of 1 person to spark the courage for an entire village to stand up to oppression.