Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are
aged, diseased, or maimed, and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to
ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is
very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast
as can be reasonably expected.
("a modest proposal", paragraph 19)
in this quote, and in the entire essay, what is swift saying about the view and value of personhood in his society? is
there any relevance today? who do we deem "less worthy"? why? your answer should be at least 250 words.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.