Night By Elie Wiesel Persuasive Speech

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Do you like feeling pressured to do something? Do you like being forced to do something that you don’t want to do? Do you like being in a place with people you don't like? Do you like being told to do something that you are not comfortable with? No, I'm guessing you don't, nobody does so why should you? Why be different to just fit in? Why be different to just please others, because at the end of the day you are the person you are. People are faced with this challenge every day all over the world and you might not even realize it. Everybody has done it at least once in their life, but why fit in when you can just live your life and be yourself. People may say it is peer pressure but at the end of the day, an individual may choose whether to/or not to belong. …show more content…

Millions of jews were imprisoned and put in concentration camps and forced into complete submission by the Nazis. Elie stated in the book- “How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent?” (Weisel 32). The world kept silent. Let that sink in, and realize that meant millions if not billions of people knew about this, but kept silent. Why, you may ask. They chose to be quiet in fear of their own lives. They chose to follow the orders they were given. They chose to not speak out and rebel. They chose to