Analysis Of Perils Of Indifference By Elie Wiesel

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During his early life, Elie Wiesel was placed in the Auschwitz concentration camp. In January of 1945, Wiesel was moved with his father to the Buchenwald concentration camp. This happened to be the place where Wiesel’s father passed away. On April 12, 1999 Elie Wiesel delivered his speech “Perils of Indifference” at the East Room of the White House. Wiesel used pregnant pauses to emphasize the point he was trying to make. In his speech “Perils of Indifference”, Wiesel claimed that people ignoring terrible events occurring in the world around them are the worst. Wiesel used his speech “Perils of Indifference” to create awareness about how to be indifferent is worse than to be the enemy through his use of credibility and persona. Wiesel