Indifference is out there and can be seen an unavoidable. The temptation to look away and to carry on with your natural ideas seems to be the norm. The thing that makes that so terrible knows the harm it can do just by looking away and not by making a difference. A man made a great speech commemorating the ones who sought and fought the indifferent to save him from an injustice world he was living in.
The speech, titled “The Perils of Indifference” by the author Elie Wiesel. He was a survivor in World War II. He and his family starved on small portions of bread and soup and alongside were brutal punishments like once he has been whipped twenty-five times for something minor. A few months later, after the passing of his family, the American troops came and save Wiesel. He then lived in Paris and became a journalist in 1945. In 1975 he moved to New York and taught at Boston University. Wiesel has won many awards, including the Presidential
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They are the crowd of coming to the age of who to vote for and why we need to look toward the greater good and not the indifferent of society. They must have background knowledge of history and also they interest of today’s society and comparison skills. I tried to discuss how we need to find a leader on facing ISIS. It’s an issue we face today and need to take care of. I try to also relate by using a historical fact to drawl them in and see what a leader does to take on evil in their face. I felt like I was telling the story as a professional who analyzed the story and retold it in a shorter more understanding fashion. I didn’t want my leader to get lost in the facts or summaries in my definition of indifference or put words in the author’s mouth. I then try to show the indifferences of today and how the struggle and fear is out there. I evenly try to give hope by assuring the reader that a leader is out there and in our generation. I feel like he is and he will someday take
The speech The Perils of Indifference was given by Elie Wiesel on April 12, 1999, which was the fifty-fourth anniversary of the liberation
Throughout the Nobel Peace Prize award winner Night, a common theme is established around dehumanization. Elie Wiesel, the author, writes of his self-account within the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. Being notoriously famed for its unethical methods of punishment, and the concept of laboring Jews in order to follow a regime, was disgusting for the wide public due to the psychotic ideology behind the concept. In the Autobiography we are introduced to Wiesel who is a twelve year old child who formerly lived in the small village of Sighet, Romania. Wiesel and his family are taken by the Nazi aggressors to the Concentration camp Auschwitz were they are treated like dogs by the guards. Throughout the Autobiography the guards use their authoritative
callous to the death of their peers, and going so far as to murder fellow
On 12 April 1999, Elie Wiesel gave a provocative and thought provoking speech, The Perils of Indifference, at the Millennium Lecture series that were held at the White House in Washington D.C. The goal of Wiesel’s speech was to open the audience’s eyes to the harmful effects of indifference to a suffering population, as well as to contemplate how not to let those types of atrocities happen in the new millennium. Wiesel’s dramatic account as a holocaust survivor aides in the success of his speech about indifference. “He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart” (Wiesel, 1999). By utilizing Aristotle’s three appeals, Ethos, Logos, and Pathos, Wiesel created a successful argument against the dangers of indifference.
Indifference is seductive, inhumane, and the line between good and evil. Indifference is helping the enemy, it is death. Writer and Holocaust Survivor, Wiesel Elie in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, argues that being indifferent to those who are suffering assists the enemy. He supports his claim by first defining and describing indifference as “seductive”, “tempting”, and “easier.” Wiesel goes on to illustrate the dangers of indifference by using personal experience and historical events as examples. Finally, the author creates awareness of indifference from the past, present, and future. Wiesel’s purpose is to describe why indifference is inhumane in order to persuade people not to be indifferent. He establishes a serious tone, critical, and somber tone for Politicians, Ambassadors, Mr. President, and members of congress.
In April, 1945, Elie Wiesel was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp after struggling with hunger, beatings, losing his entire family, and narrowly escaping death himself. He at first remained silent about his experiences, because it was too hard to relive them. However, eventually he spoke up, knowing it was his duty not to let the world forget the tragedies resulting from their silence. He wrote Night, a memoir of his and his family’s experience, and began using his freedom to spread the word about what had happened and hopefully prevent it from happening again. In 1999, he was invited to speak at the Millennium Lectures, in front of the president, first lady, and other important governmental figures,. In his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, he uses rhetoric devices to get emotional responses and to connect with the audience. He wants to create awareness of the dangers of indifference and show how there needs to be change. His speech eloquently calls out the government for their lack of response during the Holocaust, and warns against continued disregard for the struggles of others. He sees indifference as being the ally of the enemy, and without compassion there is no hope for the
In “The Perils of Indifference” Elie Wiesel uses several techniques to get his point across. Three of them in the speech are Ethos, Repetition, and Pathos. He uses a combination of the three elements throughout the paragraphs of his speech to attract the readers. The combination of these elements help draw the reader’s emotions and interest towards his subject. He focuses on word choice that would pertain to his audience’s level of vocabulary.
If a person had to choose between their life and someone else’s, they’d choose to be the ones to live. Selfishness is a terrible thing that can cause families to fight, it can cause wars, or the death of someone to spare one’s own life. Night by Elie Wiesel, shows many examples of selfishness. Sons leave their fathers to save their own lives, reluctantly feed their dying father and even kill just for a piece of bread. Humans are inherently selfish, it’s a personality trait that doesn’t care about relatives or lovers or anyone else.
Ciel is the third son born to a family of five children, his mothers family hailing from Noctil while his father's hailed from a minor but old noble family in Soleli, so combined with five children and parents from very different upbringings Ciel had a pretty interesting childhood. Early on in his life Ciel was taught to appreciate and cherish what he had and be kind as a child because his mother told him that not everyone was lucky enough to have a home and kindness could save lives. While not the best thing to say to a four year old, that little bit of advise would stick with Ciel the rest of his life. Unfortunately, or fortunately, Ciel didn't spend much time with his father as a child due to the fact his older brothers usually kept the man busy or Ciel was hiding so he didn't have to learn 'samurai'. His favorite hiding spot was his mother's garden, where he would sit and listen to stories about her own childhood with his little sisters, always begging to hear more, much to his mothers amusement.
Having an opinion and or a belief is better than not having one at all. A great man such as Elie Wiesel would agree to that statement. He believes standing up for what is right by showing compassion for a fellow human being than for letting good men do nothing while evil triumphs. The message he passes was how indifference is showing the other man he is nothing. He attempts to grasp the audience by personal experiences and historic failures, we need to learn from and also to grow to be the compassionate human being we all are.
Does survival require selfishness? I believe that survival is selfish because in order to survive you need to have some selfishness. This is supported within the novel Night by elie wiesel, the story Deep survival by Laurence gonzales and the story Is Survival Selfish by Lane Wallace.
Wiesel’s speech, persuasive in nature, was designed to educate his audience as to the violence and killing of innocent people across the globe. Wiesel spoke of acts that had taken place throughout his lifetime, from his youth, up through present day atrocities. His focu...
In ¨Hope, Despair, and Memory¨ a lecture by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel talks about a few significant memories. He is a holocaust survivor, he wrote this speech and won a Nobel Peace prize. He takes his readers back in time by using imagery. Some know, memory is a powerful tool, Wiesel uses this tool in this text. As you continue to read, think of where you would be without memory.
Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, describes indifference as “the most insidious danger of all” in his Nobel Peace Prize speech. Indifference is something that shouldn’t be acceptable, and nothing good had ever come from it. The effects of indifference are the benefit of the oppressor, the loss of all hope in the victims of injustice, as well as an increase in inhumanity of humankind.
Indifference will always benefit the aggressor, never the victim. Indifference is not having much feeling, so when the aggressor is being aggressive, they don't feel much. The victim is the one who will feel everything. For example when a bully is bullying another fellow student, they feel better about it or no feeling at all. The victim feels the shame, pain, everything there is to feel. Another example would be the Sandy Hook Shooting. The man who walked into a elementary school and starting shooting innocent people was an indifferent person. He didn’t have sympathy or concern for those who were shot, even for the children.