Wiesel begins his speech by providing a credible background and gaining the trust of the audience by asserting his former life. He expresses this by thanking the audience and amplifying a gratitude for rescuing him from the Nazi army. Wiesel professes “Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up...Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them…”, he proclaims this so that the audience will understand the context of the situation and why he is so grateful for the American intervention in World War II ( Wiesel 1). He wants to show his appreciation for America and ultimately gain the trust of the audience so that they will listen rather than
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He questions, “What are its courses and inescapable consequences? Is it a philosophy? Is there a philosophy of indifference conceivable?” he does this so that the audience can contemplate on the many horrendous actions they have caused in their lives and as a nation (2). By asserting rhetorical questions Wiesel is able to address historical event that have been an outcome of indifference. Wiesel recalls, “ These failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two world wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations..” by stating this he is able to show the damage and destruction indifference can have not only a person but a nation ( 1). He does this to inform of the dark parts of American history. Wiesel uses these specific rhetorical strategies to build to the topic of the dangers of indifference. By introducing his speech with a sympathetic and gratified tone, then abruptly asking multiple rhetorical questions he is able to have the audience create an image of what indifference can cause and to show the countless people and nations who have fallen to it. He does this present his first and initial claim of the topic of
He questions, “What are its courses and inescapable consequences? Is it a philosophy? Is there a philosophy of indifference conceivable?” he does this so that the audience can contemplate on the many horrendous actions they have caused in their lives and as a nation (2). By asserting rhetorical questions Wiesel is able to address historical event that have been an outcome of indifference. Wiesel recalls, “ These failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two world wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations..” by stating this he is able to show the damage and destruction indifference can have not only a person but a nation ( 1). He does this to inform of the dark parts of American history. Wiesel uses these specific rhetorical strategies to build to the topic of the dangers of indifference. By introducing his speech with a sympathetic and gratified tone, then abruptly asking multiple rhetorical questions he is able to have the audience create an image of what indifference can cause and to show the countless people and nations who have fallen to it. He does this present his first and initial claim of the topic of