Comparing Night And The Perils Of Indifference

The Holocaust killed over six million Jewish people. The horrors of this mass tragedy are recorded in the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel. It is about a Jewish boy (the author) who suffers through the Holocaust, including the concentration camps, and survives. He later gave a speech at the White House entitled “The Perils of Indifference”. The speech goes into detail about how Wiesel felt during the war and how the American people were indifferent to the suffering until it disturbed the US way of life. Throughout Wiesel’s writings, his indifference towards God, death, and himself are shown within the pages of “Night” and the words from “Perils of Indifference”. In both of Wiesel’s writings, his faith is discussed and dissected in many different ways. At the

So fast. All I could think was: I shall never forgive them for this'' (Wiesle 39). This quote signifies something better than indifference, anger. Anger is a tool that can be welded and shaped, it can be ugly and cruel, but it is better than feeling nothing at all. But deep inside, I knew that to sleep meant to die. And something in me rebelled against that death. Death, which was settling in all around me, silently, gently. It would seize upon a sleeping person, steal into him and devour him bit by bit." Wisele 101 -. During this time, even when death was creeping over Elie’s shoulder, the small amount of fight still in Elie made sure sleep was not an option. Even surrounded by the indifference of soldiers and prisoners alike, Elie did not give in to the temptation of death. Death, like most things, comes and goes, but Eile was trapped, trapped within a body that didn't know how to go on. The indifference Elie held towards himself during his time at the concentration camps was concerning at best and nauseating at worst. As the novel advances, Elie’s mental stability decreases. In the speech Wiesel gives, he states that “Of course, indifference can be tempting—more than that,