Sam Hamill Response

“The Necessity to speak” by Sam Hamill had many points and many aspects to situations. The speaker experienced a lot in his life and was willing to share to change others. I agree with the speaker when he says there isn’t just one type of person from one race or one social class that commits wrongful doings. I think many people tend to make assumptions on certain people pertaining to their status. This is part of our human nature yet so hard to break away from.
Other topics presented by the speaker were very deep. I feel that the author in each situation was showing the aspects of what happens when people remain silent. The speaker gave many statistics and what certain aspects can lead to. The author seems to want the reader to know that sometimes things are seen and learned as children and these ways are instilled in them passing the ways on into their adult lifestyles. The individual doesn’t know any different and does as they see and are taught by their elders. The deeds may not seem wrong but in reality they are. Many individuals are never told or showed any different and by this, the cycle is never broken. The author presents the battered women and children in pertaining to this issue. I feel that this is true in many aspects, yet you can’t stereotype each individual that has experienced hardships in their life. There are many individuals that come out completely different than how they were raised and become that much stronger in living a different lifestyle.
The speaker wants issues to be put out in the open because silence results in violence and in turn can end in death, as in the case of the author’s friend that was a battered woman. I feel that the author wanted to let the word out about a lot of things that are shunned in many people’s lives. I feel that Hamill had felt like he couldn’t speak about certain things in his life at one point, until he found it through his poetry. Now he was able to help people through his words and let the world know that they can break the silence.