entirely different topics, one by Elie Wiesel who had survived the Holocaust and one by Susan B. Anthony, who "dedicated her life to women's suffrage", show us how harmful indifference can be to our society.
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“At the end of the Second World War so many people said, ‘If only we had known, if only we had known the wrongs that were done in the countries of the hostile forces’…there will be no excusing the failure of action because we didn’t know–we do know”(Weber), said Micheal Kirby, the chairman of the UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea . Micheal Kirby raises the question, what do we, as humans and as members of a nation, owe to other humans wronged
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Rhetorical Analysis of The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel As part of the Millennium Lecture Series hosted by the White House, notable author, Noble Peace Prize Winner, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel delivered the speech The Perils of Indifference on April 12, 1999. He delivered this speech in order to inspire the American people to take action in times of human suffering, injustice, and violence, in order to prevent events like the Holocaust from happening again in the future. Through
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ust“Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.” Ellie Wiesel states “I owe them my roots and my memory. I am duty bound to serve as their emissary, transmitting the history of their disappearance, even if it disturbs, even if it brings me pain (p.74).” Ellie finds that he needs to tell the story of the dead. The millions of people who died in the holocaust need their stories told. There memory’s need to be publicized so that something as horrible as the holocaust will never happen again
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Following the journey of Elie was very devastating. I could not believe how people could be so cruel. The officers at the camps had no mercy whatsoever on the Jews. “Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes… children thrown into the flames.” This was the first sight of death Elie saw at the camp. I could not believe they did that to little children and babies. What they did was so cruel to the poor
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At the conclusion of chapter 8 Elie awakens next to a stranger in place of his father on the cot beside him. Unsure of his father’s death all Elie knows is that the guards took him, and that last night was the last night he would ever see him. Shlomo, Elie’s dad, may have still been breathing when he was drug off meaning the crematorium finally ended his life and journey. His father had dysentery, an infection of the intestines that causes severe diarrhea and allows liquids to pass straight through
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According to Steph Cha, a Los Angeles Times writer, the novel All the Light We Cannot See, “required a lot of work to rise above emotional manipulation” (Cha 1). Cha explains why he describes the novel this way is because it is written about two characters with heartbreaking backstories during a hardship of World War II. Cha acknowledges one of Anthony Doerr, author of the novel, strengths of how his book captured, ‘‘reflections on the meaning of life, the universe and everything” (Cha 2). This can
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Meet Aylan Kurdi. He's 3 years old. His father, Abdullah Kurdi wanted the best for Aylan and his brother Ghalib. Aylan's family had been promised a motorboat for a trip from Turkey to Greece. From there, they would be heading to Canada to start a new life. Unfortunately, they received a 15-foot rubber raft. A rubber raft that would later flip over in high waves which left Aylan, Ghalib, his mother, and father in the sea. Struggling to not only keep himself afloat, but his two small boys, Abdullah
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“Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance...” (Tupac Shakur) In Zusak's book, The Book Thief, takes place during the Holocaust and focuses on a group of characters who are very different but live through many of the same situations with different views of each dilemma that the characters face including a hidden jew, true love, and leaving. Zusak's
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In Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Art Spiegelman presents not only his father’s Holocaust narrative but also his own personal narrative, especially with regards to his relationship with Vladek. Readers learn that Artie and Vladek do not always get along, and there is a palpable tension between them. Vladek seems frugal and argumentative, while Artie appears self-centered and uncaring. In both cases, the characters’ faults are not glossed over. They are portrayed realistically, with positive and negative
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