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Wiesel'sSpeech:"ThePerilsofIndifference,"tellsoftheinjusticesufferedbytheJewishpeopleatthehandsof "Hitler'sGermany"(Wiesel,1999)fifty-fouryearspriortogivingthespeechonApril12th,1999Duringhis encounteroftheevents,hetakesnotetohighlightthefeelingsoftheJewishpeoplebecauseofothers'failureto deliverthemfromsuchturmoil,callingthisfailureindifferenceBytheendofhisaccount,heismorethanrelieved thattheindifferencehasceased,butencourages...
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InElieWiesel'sspeech"ThePerilsofIndifference",hediscusseshowmanypeoplehavesufferedandcontinueto sufferthroughouttime.Acentralideahemakesisthatbynotcaringaboutothers,manypeopleareharmed.To emphasizehispoint,WieselasksmanyrhetoricalquestionsWiesel'scentralideaInhisspeechwasthatbynot showingcompassiontowardsothers,manypeoplehavebeenhurtandwillcontinuetobehurt.Forexample, Wieselstates,"Itissomucheasiertolookawayfromvictims
Wiesel'sUseOfEthosInThePerilsOfIndifference
TheuseofEthosbybothWieselin"ThePerilsofIndifference"andbyAtwoodin"FootnotetoTheAmnesty ReportonTorture"allowsthereadertohaveasenseoftrustinthespeaker.Wieselsays"Whatisindifference? Etymologically,thewordmeans'nodifference'"Wieselletstheaudienceknowthatthesubjectofhisspeechwill relatetothetopicofindifferenceandthathehimselfisqualifiedtospeakuponit.Thishelpsgivehimcredibility becauseheisshowinghisinterestinthetopic
EliezerWiesel'sSpeechThePerilsOfIndifference
EliezerWieselstressesthefactthat,"Actionistheonlyremedytoindifference:themostinsidiousdangerofall" (Reilly)Asayoungboywhowentthroughthemosthorrificofexperiences,Wiesel,inhisspeechThePerilsof Indifference,discusseshowtheeventsofhispastpaleincomparisontoamajorissuetakingholdinnotonlythe UnitedStates,butalsotheworld:indifference,becausewhileotherssuffered,thereststayedstagnant,andthat,to him,showcasedapressingproblemTherefore
