Ellie Wiesel's The Perils Of Indifference

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IImagine walking by a horrid scene of a young child being beaten to death for a crime they did not commit? Imagine the child's face as they watch people walk by because they're too scared to intervene? Imagine if it was you, wouldn’t you want someone to stop and help? Countless people are afraid to confront acts of indifference, so they decide to look away. However, instead of looking away from a situation you know is wrong you should take action and do what is right, this is what Elie Wiesel is trying to convince his audience to do in his speech "The Perils of Indifference" with the use of rhetorical devices.
Ellie Wiesel effectively uses rhetorical devices to convince his audience to avoid indifference. Evidence of Wiesel's use of rhetorical

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