The Perils Of Indifference Summary

Human rights for all will never be met fully. There are always going to be people who will be deprived of these rights, or have them taken away by others. Humanity has barely even scratched the surface of using these rights, and haven’t even started on enforcing them for all. There is no way to enforce human rights. There will always be those who turn a blind eye to what others may be going through. In Elie Wisel’s speech “The Perils of Indifference”, he gives an example of someone as important as a leader of a country can be one of these people, “And that ship, which was already in the shores of the United States was sent back” (The Perils of Indifference 80-81). With this as a problem there is another one that walks with turning a blind eye to others. The time it takes. Human rights for everyone will take more time than Humanity would like. Generation Z won’t even live to see it begin to happen, “And yet my friends, good things

I had not realized it, but I had fainted. I came to when they doused me with cold water. I was still lying on the crate. In a blur I could see the wet ground next to me. Then I heard someone yell. It had to be the Kapo” (Elie Wiesel “Night” 58). Some humans by nature are cruel, and don’t care if they torture, starve, or even kill another human life. Some of this is even carried out on some of the most primitive rights. Even now these rights are being taken with brute force, “Due to her increased prominence, both in Pakistan and around the world, the Taliban target Malala. A masked gunman boards Malala’s school bus and asks for her by name. He shoots Malala in the head, neck and shoulder” (Malala’s Story  Malala Fund, www.malala.org/malalas-story?). Just for going to school she was almost killed. It is an easy right to enforce, but people like Malala’s assailants will always