Elie Wiesel’s speech was impeccable, was it not? Just think about how much his speech inspired others to do the right thing, he changed people’s perspective on how the world is really meant to be. The Holocaust changed a lot for Elie himself. Like when he explained how he did this and why we should be capable of helping each other for the better, this speech was one of the most inspiring speeches in war history. Some of the most memorable things he said and spoke about were emotional and impactful.The way that Elie Wiesel can connect his speeches to one another is what makes this speech have an impactful feeling to others like when he connects these to pieces of text evidence.On April 24, 1945. So he is very much present to me and to us. No doubt, he was a great leader. He mobilized the American people and the world, going into battle to fight dictatorship to fight Hitler.In Elie Wiesel’s Letter “The …show more content…
Adolf Hitler fought with the Jewish people and even though he did some really messed up stuff, he was still a good leader to some others. Some other facts about the Holocaust. 1 of the reasons why the Holocaust happened was because the Jews and Nazi’s would disagree about everything. Mass millions of European Jews died because of these aspects: they were disabled, political dissidents and homosexuals. Secondly, Adolf Hitler was the reason why WW2 started as well. People followed his orders just to start 2 more wars, but people who followed him just saw him as a good leader and a public speaker. So Elie Wiesel is trying to notify his audience of indifference in people after the Holocaust, and try his best to encourage others to work together to stop these future wars from happening.He also claims during the Holocaust all those deaths and tragic losses of people’s lives. People that Elie Wiesel mentioned are Gandhi, The Kennedys, Martin Luther King, Sadat, Rabin,
In his address to Ronald Reagan, Elie Wiesel attempts to convince the president not to visit the Bitburg cemetery. Weisel is well aware of President Reagan’s situation, and thus, he crafts his speech around rhetorical techniques, namely concession refutation, repetition, and the appeals.
Having an opinion and or a belief is better than not having one at all. A great man such as Elie Wiesel would agree to that statement. He believes standing up for what is right by showing compassion for a fellow human being than for letting good men do nothing while evil triumphs. The message he passes was how indifference is showing the other man he is nothing. He attempts to grasp the audience by personal experiences and historic failures, we need to learn from and also to grow to be the compassionate human being we all are.
Anaphora is a rhetorical device that constantly repeats a sequence of words at the beginning of a sentence. This is used to bring emphasis and rhythm to a word and also allow the audience to remember a certain idea or quote. In addition, an anaphora gives an effect to a speech and appeals to the audience emotion. Elie Wiesel uses multiple anaphora to emphasize certain parts of his speech to give off a certain tone. For example, "You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it. " this quote stresses the word "you' in order to let the audience understand that Indifference can not operate by itself, a person is the only way for indifference to appear and we have the choice to either amplify it or fight it. So at this point, Wiesel tone is critical
...iences that we, mankind can prevent such destruction from happening, helping us shape and mold a better future or tomorrow. Elie's speech served not only as an address to the audience but also as a respect to those killed, those who suffered great injustices throughout the world, and as a reminder to those good people of the past and their memories. Elie’s speech used rhetorical devices throughout the entirety of it as I talked about such as pathos and ethos to make his point clear. When mankind chooses to remember the past experiences and better it for the future, we can progress. Elie’s speech was a very inspirational one that has touched many. It is when Elie's speech finally goes from just a speech to a lifestyle that people live and thrive by in the future everyday will he finally feel that his many acts and work as a humanitarian will finally be accomplished.
and humanity. Wiesel shows how the Jews mistreated and were mistreated with word choice and situational irony. Elie, the main the character in the book, gives the reader a personal perspective of being a Jew during the Holocaust. Being a Jew was difficult since the Nazis not only mistreated them, but also gave them false hope which contributed to their dehumanization.
When Elie Wiesel gave his millennium speech on April 12, 1999, he could not be aware of the future validity of both his words and warnings. Throughout the use of rhetorical questions, personal anecdotes, and historical evidence, Elie Wiesel challenges his audience, both present and future, to avoid falling prey to indifference.
Speeches are given for a purpose. Whether it is for persuasion, or education, or even entertainment, they all target certain parts of people’s minds. This speech, The Perils of Indifference, was given by Elie Wiesel with intention to persuade his audience that indifference is the downfall of humanity, and also to educate his audience about his conclusions about the Holocaust and the corresponding events. He was very successful in achieving those goals. Not only was the audience enlightened, but also President Bill Clinton, and the First Lady, Hillary Clinton, themselves were deeply touched by Wiesel’s words.
In Elie Wiesel’s speech “Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech”, Wiesel suggests that in times of crisis, people must stand together against injustices. Wiesel develops and supports his claim through his use of anecdotes, inclusive diction, rhetorical questions, and parallel structures. Wiesel’s purpose is to motivate the world to stand up against injustices in order to prevent the persecution of more innocent people. The audience Wiesel intended for his speech is anyone on Earth who is willing to make a difference, but mostly directed at adults who are able to go out and actually contribute to making a change. Wiesel succeeds in establishing a bond with the audience, as he comes off as very humble and trustworthy. Through his use of rhetorical
Though his experiences in the concentration camps, Elie Wiesel has developed the belief that everyone should be an upstander and not stand silently as people are hurt. This can be seen in his Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance speech years after the end of the Holocaust and the publishing of Night, “that the world did know and
The two spent every moment together in the concentration camps. They were an inspiration to one another to keep fighting through the suffering. Although Wiesel was heartbroken, he refused to surrender and continued to help others around him survive. In Elie Wiesel: Surviving the Holocaust, Speaking out against Genocide, Lisa Moore quotes Wiesel saying, “Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.”
“I am obsessed with silence because of the silence of the world. I do not understand why the world was silent when we needed its outcry. I always come back to that problem. Where were the humanists, the leaders, the liberals, the spokesmen for mankind? The victims needed them. If they had spoken up, the slaughtered would not have succeeded in his task.” - Elie Wiesel
In 1986, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a voice for the sufferings of both the Jewish people, and victims of any oppression. His Holocaust experiences sparked something inside of him that wouldn’t have surfaced otherwise. Despite all of the brutality and suffering, Elie learned positive lessons throughout his time in Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
“He’s the man who’s lived through hell without every hating. Who’s been exposed to the most depraved aspects of human nature but still manages to find love, to believe in God, to experience joy.” This was a quote said by Oprah Winfrey during her interview with Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor. No person who has not experienced the Holocaust and all its horrors could ever relate to Elie Wiesel. He endured massive amounts of torture, physically, mentally, and emotionally just because he was a Jew. One simple aspect of Wiesel’s life he neither chose or could changed shaped his life. It is important to take a look at Wiesel’s life to see the pain that he went through and try to understand the experiences that happened in his life. Elie Wiesel is a well respected, influential figure with an astonishing life story. Although Elie Wiesel had undergone some of the harshest experiences possible, he was still a man able to enjoy life after the Holocaust.
In April, 1945, Elie Wiesel was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp after struggling with hunger, beatings, losing his entire family, and narrowly escaping death himself. He at first remained silent about his experiences, because it was too hard to relive them. However, eventually he spoke up, knowing it was his duty not to let the world forget the tragedies resulting from their silence. He wrote Night, a memoir of his and his family’s experience, and began using his freedom to spread the word about what had happened and hopefully prevent it from happening again. In 1999, he was invited to speak at the Millennium Lectures, in front of the president, first lady, and other important governmental figures,. In his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, he uses rhetoric devices to get emotional responses and to connect with the audience. He wants to create awareness of the dangers of indifference and show how there needs to be change. His speech eloquently calls out the government for their lack of response during the Holocaust, and warns against continued disregard for the struggles of others. He sees indifference as being the ally of the enemy, and without compassion there is no hope for the
...igher being, or achieving a lifetime goal. People can survive even in the most horrible of situations as long as they have hope and the will to keep fighting, but when that beacon begins to fade. They will welcome what ever ends their plight. The Holocaust is one of the greatest tragedies in human history. Elie Wiesel wrote this memoir in hopes that future generations don't forget the mistakes of the past, so that they may not repeat them in the future, even so there is still genocide happening today in places like Kosovo, Somalia, and Darfur, thousands of people losing their will to live because of the horrors they witness, if Elie Wiesel has taught us anything, it is that the human will is the weakest yet strongest of forces.