“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can rest.” Nelson Mandela. Recent years especially the 20th century was characterized by violence and disrespect to human rights. For instance, in 1872, Susan B Anthony was denied her right of voting where she voted illegally and after arrested and fined (Anthony, 1872). It was because there was inequality in American especially sex differences where women were left behind. Again, in these years, there was violence that involved the killing of people in different corners of the world. These included various aggressive activities that were carried out by multiple aggressors like Hitler and different massacre that happened in the different countries like Rwanda, Nigeria, Eritrea and Jews Genocide (Wiesel, 1999). …show more content…
Anthony, Martin Luther and other. Different human rights activists wrote and made speeches that advocated for equality. It is why we are going to compare and contrast two speeches, one by Susan B. Anthony “On Woman’s Right to Vote" and Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference." When comparing these two statements, one can realize that they have some similarities like, they all advocate for human rights and they all give a useful message to the whole world. However, these speeches have also got some differences like the fact that Susan talked more about her personal experience in human rights abuse, but Elie talked more about having empathy, and humanity. It shows that these two speeches have got some similarities and
Wiesel introduces his first claim by asking the audience about their perspective of the word Indifference and gives it definition and his own to then again question his audience about its effects. The reason for this structure was to get to audience to really think about what he is asking to provide their own perspective of Indifference and to see if their answer is like his own. He repeats the first letter of every word to emphasize the contrast between those who are indifferent and those who are not (which is his answer). He therefore backs up his answer by providing another one of his personal experience about what happened behind the gates of Auschwitz and the people. As he grows more towards the topic of indifference, he takes the time
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were both famous women who fought for equality among men and women. Both women wrote speeches expressing their opinions on why women should be equal to men. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a speech called The Destructive Male and Susan B. Anthony wrote a speech called Women’s Right to Suffrage. Both speeches had basically the same theme: women are equal to men. Elizabeth Cady Stanton gave her speech during the Women’s Suffrage Convention in 1868 in Washington, D.C. and Susan B. Anthony gave her speech after being arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872.
Silence, multiple times throughout the text Elie Wiesel refers to the silence of the people. When reading this story that stood out to me the most. He is writing from the perspective of a young boy violated by the unimaginable horrors of human nature. In my head I saw a young child, abused, surrounded by a sea of silent people. The original title translated into “And The World Remained Silent” really captured the feeling of the book.(Wiesel,Pg13)
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” This quote from Elie Wiesel, who is the author of the best selling book Night and who himself survived the greatest injustice, the holocaust (Bio. Com), addresses an effective method to fighting injustice, protesting, which is found in both the readings on Socrates and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. But what causes injustice so that “there may be times when we are powerless to prevent” it? From my desire to address the primary cause of injustice, resulted my thesis that ignorance anywhere is injustice everywhere.
Author Carl E. Moyler Resounds Albert Camus and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Justice and Freedom Through his book, the author reintroduces the two Nobel Prize laureates to a generation living in socially and politically challenging times. Tyranny, oppression, racism, exploitation, murder, war and many other faces of injustices choose no time or place to bare their fangs. For this reason, every generation – and every place – needs a hero. Postwar Europe had the philosopher and author Albert Camus and America had the minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. Both Camus and King are subjects of the book On Freedom and Revolt: A Comparative Investigation (Xulon Press, 2015) by Carl E. Moyer.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a peaceful person who advocated for equality. In his collections of speeches and writings in I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, edited by James Melvin Washington, King shows how he studied non-violence resistance from the teachings of Gandhi. He advocates for equality through peace because he believes it to be more effective than in hateful acts. His speeches and writings urge readers to consider aspects of human experiences that involve equal rights for everyone. Malcolm X was similar to King in them both wanting equality.
Elie Wiesel made a speech called, "The Perils of Indifference. " In which he believes that indifference is evil. Elie Wiesel is correct that indifference is corrupt because it makes people not care, and it makes other people suffer. Indifference makes people not care about something or someone. In Elie Wiesel's speech called, "The Perils of Indifference", he articulated, "Sixty years ago, its human cargo -- maybe 1,000 Jews -- was turned to Nazi Germany.
Analyzations of Stylistic Techniques Imagine the pain of being separated from your family. The pain of losing your home. The pain of losing all hope in humanity. As Elie Weisel steps up to begin his speech, 4,817 miles away children in Kosovo felt that pain; this was a pain that Weisel was able to relate to. As a survivor of the holocaust losing his family and home was not something new.
Many countries concurred with Luther King and agreed with his ideas because he made a difference for African-Americans and took a stand against racism. Yet the question today, over forty years later is: Was the African-American civil rights movement an overall success? Or is it the same now as it was back in 50’s and 60’s? For the purpose of this assignment the author will explore the literature and discuss the notion that racism and equality has changed as a result of the civil rights movement.
By addressing the signs of genocide and past failures the international community will be able to formulate an action plan to prevent future genocides. This paper will first outline what genocide is and the signs of genocide. Then the paper will discuss past failures of genocide prevention/intervention. Lastly, the paper will provide possible solution to avoid any future genocide.
Indifference is destructive and inhumane Indifference is defined by Elie Wiesel as lacking empathy or keeping silent while there is discrimination (Anthony, n.d.). He continues to say that indifference is a friend of the enemy because it benefits the aggressor and then disfavors the victims as they feel forgotten. There are two seemingly different speeches, one by Elie Wiesel a survivor of the Holocaust and another by Susan. B Anthony who spoke for women’s right, straight out a theme that the attitude of indifference is destructive and inhumane.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” (Martin Luther King Jr.) Constantly, we complain about the injustices that society faces, yet we choose to remain silent as the rights of others are violated. Since I was young I have been aware of the social injustices that Latin Americans and people from different races and religions face.
The 20th century labelled, “the most violent century in human history” (golding). To explain the violence of the 20th century if one must look at all events of the intentionally harm done to others. This includes the violence caused by the two hundred and fifty-six wars inluding World War One and two, The Vietnam War, The Cold War which where almost 108 milion human lives have persihed and others haunted by the gruesome details that occurred during these events. One must also look at the the violence caused by seven genocides including the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide and Rwandan Genocide which killed eighteen million people.
The metaphors found in the both the speeches are used to convey
As I watch the news there is almost always a daily occurrence of some form of violence in the world. There is always someone affected by this violence. The people affected are sometimes family, friends, neighbors, people passing by but there is always someone affected. In the case of the violence in Africa shown by the two texts “Armed and Under Siege” by Jeffrey Gettleman and “The Charge: Genocide” by Lydia Polgreen it has caused the whole world problems. Two reasons that this is true is that it has caused international tension and global organizations have tried to combat the violence.