The Perils Of Indifference

Indifference is “not a response,” Indifference is “tempting,” Indifference is “not a beginning,” Indifference is “an end,” Indifference is “not only a sin, it is a punishment.” Famous poet, and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, argues and claims that indifference is “A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil.” Wiesel developed his claim by defining what indifference means. Then he gives examples to help support what it is, to make it clearer for the audience, so they can understand the concept of it. Finally, he uses examples of what has happened in our society, to add a more of a visual …show more content…
He establishes a formal, and critical tone for Politicians, Ambassadors, the President, Mrs.Clinton, Congress, etc. Ultimately, the importance of indifference is how it can hurt others to make them give up, and stop at a certain point because of this.Wiesel’s speech helps us understand the importance of indifference by how he states them in his speech, and the examples he uses. It matters because of how many people are affected by this situation. We should all care, and pay attention to this because of how drastically this situation is, and how many lives this can affect, and has affected. The general argument made by the author Elie Wiesel in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, is the danger of indifference. More specifically, Elie Wiesel …show more content…
He uses people as an example to explain that they either have been assassinated. He teaches us the awful manner of indifference, how it can hurt, so many people, it can make them feel horrible, and make them stop at a certain point where they don’t want to continue, and they just stop. The audience, and readers can learn so many things, from what this is, and what this means just by the examples he gives, and how he expresses it in the speech, they can learn about what indifference is, different kinds of people it affected, how he felt about Roosevelt, and the soldiers, and so much more. We as readers, and or audience believe that it is vital to ask ourselves about the consequences of the Holocaust, and other human rights of its inaction, and action because we get to learn of those who stood up in the Holocaust, and or in other human rights, and those people are important because they either made a change in history or they either made history by trying, and standing up to the Holocaust or to other human rights, and failed; however, that doesn’t actually matter because, without doubt they tried to stop something that some people didn’t want to do, or they tried to, but were too scared to do so because