Analysis Of Elie Wiesel's The Perils Of Indifference

Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” expresses the need to prevent indifference to renew hope to future millenniums. He supports his claim by emotionally describing his past life, then he interprets the word indifference and questions his audience about it, then he uses examples of many victims life as prisoners, and finally, he addresses the necessity of starting the new century without the world being apathy. Wiesel’s purpose is to persuade his audience to be less indifferent to innocent people, including recent victims of injustice in order to start the new millennium without any failures. He creates a hopeful tone for an audience that, he believes wants to make the world better. Throughout Wiesel’s

He references back to his past life, “a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up…. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again.” (Wiesel 1). Wiesel wants his audience to completely understand that others are suffering the way he has suffered and could be helped. When explaining his history as a young boy, Wiesel emotionally triggers his surrounding crowd and explained what was the cause of this horrific situation called indifference. Wiesel’s goal with describing his past life is to help his audience have a better visualization. Later in his speech, Wiesel defines that same word, “What is indifference? 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 2). When Wiesel begins to define the word indifference he questions his audience about it. He wants people to know that because of all the indifferent

By including them it creates better understanding of the speech itself. “The political prisoner in his cell, the hungry children, the homeless refugees…” (Wiesel 3). Using alliteration helps Wiesel’s audience to visualize and understand the point that Wiesel is trying to make. It gives them a better mindset about all the misfortune that is happening to many innocent people. “It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hope.” (Wiesel 2). When Wiesel stated this, it puts emphasis on the fact that people only want to help themselves and not other people that actually need the help of others. It sets the tone by showing his audience that citizens across the nation are so insensitive towards the people around them. Using these techniques makes an effect on the purpose of making a greater emphasis on it. It is connected to the purpose of expressing how people are so indifferent and making it easier to