Human Rights In Night By Elie Wiesel

The dictionary definition of human rights states, “a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person”. It doesn’t say it belongs to only some people, but to every person in the world. So why doesn’t every person have their human rights? Is it even possible for human rights to be actualized for everybody? The answer is yes, it is possible, but it is highly improbable. As long as some world leaders are given so much power, human rights for everyone is unimaginable. The most well-known example of a leader using his power for evil would be Hitler. Hitler had the power to take the rights away from his people way too easily. For example, Elie Wiesel writes in his memoir, Night, “In the wagon where the bread had landed, a battle had

Elie writes, “I was saved miraculously, I succeeded in coming back … I wanted to warn you’’ (7). A good example of someone fights for what’s right is Moishe the Beadle, he wasn’t even apart of their community but he knew he needed to help the Jews in danger. Although they would not listen to him, they point is he tried. But in reality, if we relate this to nations instead of individual people, most nations’ top priority is the safety of their own citizens. So, if helping the people who are struggling, puts their citizens lives at risk, they usually choose not to. Such as America not helping the citizens in North Korea, if America were to help that would put them at risk of starting a war and no one would want that. Barry R. Posen writes in the New York Times writes, “North Korea may have as many as 250 missile launchers. Some of which could fire nuclear tipped missiles. If some of these mobile units were dispersed at the time of an American attack, it’s unlikely that the US could destroy all of them before one fires a missile”. The US puts their own citizens first before getting involved with North Korea and helping their citizens get their