Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes

Follow the link, Thank You, Ma'am, and read the story. Once you have read the story respond to one of the three questions below. It should be clear in your response what question you are responding to in your post.

Why do you think she takes him home?

Why do you think the story ends the way it does?

Why do you think the boy stays when he has an opportunity to run?

Speech by Parson Martin Niemoller

The Nazis came first for the Communists.
But I wasn't a Communist,
so I didn't speak up.

Then they came for the Jews,

but I wasn't a Jew,

so I didn't speak up.

Then they came for the trade unionists,

but I wasn't a unionist

so I didn't speak up.

Then they came for the Catholics,

but I was a Protestant

so I didn't speak up

Then they came for me.

By that time there was no one left.

What is the author of this poem saying?