Children all around the world are bullied everyday. Bullies often take things away from their victim, like their lunch money, making it hard for the victim to provide for themselves. Bullies in many instances will make fun of their victim. For example, they could make fun of their religion, or beliefs. Lots of kids don't like to go to school because the bullies will be there with them. The environment that these children are in can be very negative and make them feel worse and worse about themselves everyday. Just like in WWI, Jewish people were bullied by Nazis because of their beliefs and values. They were blamed for things they didn't do. In the sources, Night, The Perils of Indifference, and The Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech delivered
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In The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel, is a speech about the environmental changes and conditions that the Jews (and other social groups) had to go through. He mentions the horrid conditions where they would be “wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were -- strangers to their surroundings. They no longer felt pain, hunger, thirst. They feared nothing. They felt nothing. They were dead and did not know it” (Wiesel 1). The conditions those people were in were so bad, so horrific, that it caused them to completely shut down and become merely the living dead. Their environment affected the way they acted and felt about …show more content…
In The Noble Peace Prize Acceptance Speech delivered by Elie Wiesel in Oslo on December 10, 1986, Elie explains how his environment was violent and unnecessary. He explains, “violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers. They are frustrated, that is understandable, something must be done. The refugees and their misery. The children and their fear. The uprooted and their hopelessness” (Wiesel 119). The actions of the terrorists make the children react in fear. Because the terrorists were confused, they lashed out in violence, making the environment for the children rough and miserable. These children suffered because the terrorists in their environment caused them to feel
In The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel, is a speech about the environmental changes and conditions that the Jews (and other social groups) had to go through. He mentions the horrid conditions where they would be “wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were -- strangers to their surroundings. They no longer felt pain, hunger, thirst. They feared nothing. They felt nothing. They were dead and did not know it” (Wiesel 1). The conditions those people were in were so bad, so horrific, that it caused them to completely shut down and become merely the living dead. Their environment affected the way they acted and felt about …show more content…
In The Noble Peace Prize Acceptance Speech delivered by Elie Wiesel in Oslo on December 10, 1986, Elie explains how his environment was violent and unnecessary. He explains, “violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers. They are frustrated, that is understandable, something must be done. The refugees and their misery. The children and their fear. The uprooted and their hopelessness” (Wiesel 119). The actions of the terrorists make the children react in fear. Because the terrorists were confused, they lashed out in violence, making the environment for the children rough and miserable. These children suffered because the terrorists in their environment caused them to feel