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What Is The Theme Of Hope Despair And Memory By Elie Wiesel

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Humanity as a whole do not like to be ruled over someone who doesn’t listen to what they have to say or have rules that the majority do not agree with. Many things can come out of going against authority, such as spreading the harsh truth, bettering the community, and so people can govern for themselves. Going against authority can help us spread the harsh truth about reality that the public might not believe. An example of this can be shown in Elie Wiesel’s speech titled Hope, Despair and Memory. In this speech, Elie talks about his experience in Paris after he had been freed from Auschwitz. After being liberated, many survivors felt compelled to share with the world what they had seen and gone through, so much so that they learned a new language to tell their stories. Even after that, as Elie stated, ”And then too, the people around us refused to listen; and even those who listened refused to believe; and even those who believed …show more content…

This can be shown in a manga series called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. In the fifth part titled Vento Aureo, the readers follow a teenager named Giorno Giovanna who joins an organization to change it from within. He wants to change it due to it selling drugs to people of all ages. He goes on a journey with other people who agree with his cause to find the boss and eliminate him, making the leader of the group the new boss. It wouldn’t be that easy though, because they have many encounters of people who are loyal to the boss trying to stop them, including a group of assassins called La Squadra. After countless battles and many sacrifices, they succeed in taking down the boss, except Giorno steps up as the new boss and makes sure that any drug related activities are shut down. He went against the entire organization and succeeded in creating a better environment for the community. This story exemplifies that going against authority can help better the

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