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Summary Of The Perils Of Indifference By Elie Wiesel

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Jewish writer, professor,political activist, Elie wiesel in his memorable speech “ The perils of indifference” asserts that being “indifferent” is a major impact in people's lives. He develops his message by emphasizing the world’s indifference. For example on paragraph 13 wisel states “Indifference, then is not only a sin,it is a punishment.” Meaning that lack of concern leads to “inescapable consequences”. In addition throughout Wiesel’s speech he talks about what indifference means to him and how it is not impactful to humanity and the inhumanity of it . Furthermore, the author wants us to know that when someone is indifference to the suffering of someone else, he or she is just as guilty as the other person. Wiesel's purpose is to inform us that everyone is different but not everyone is indifferent in order to create awareness of the danger. He establishes a thoughtful tone for readers by using stylistic devices such as repetition , imagery and syntactic …show more content…

Wiesel's assertion on indifference is portrayed in the crises of the “Armenian Genocide” it involved 1.5 million deaths.Caused by a man name Talaat pasha also known as “Turkish Hitler.” Talaat manufactured lies, one which the armenians had to be killed because they were ” rebelling.” The second reason was that they had to be killed because the Armenians were siding with “our enemy” the russians. However, in Elis speech “ The Perils of Indifference” he states “ It’s so much easier to look away from the victims” meaning that it easier to not pay attention to the negative things that are occuring. Moreover, talaat rounded up teacher, priest, artist, scholars etc for a “meeting” but little did they know it wasn't a “meeting” it was where they all lost their lives. Why didn't the world

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