In today’s society, one discovers numerous amounts of cruelty and injustice in many parts of the world due to humanity’s ignorance in helping one another. The three quotations found in the works of Elie Wiesel, John Donne, and Terry George, allows the audience to notice a common message; people should help and care about each other.
The speakers want the audience to realize the significance of one’s act to aid and care for those in need. For instance, in Elie Wiesel’s work, he reveals this message when he says “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere” (Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Acceptance Speech). Wiesel wants the audience to understand that ignorance of the issue only supports the oppressor(s) which, as a matter of fact, causes the issue to escalate. He clarifies his argument by stating that “sometimes we must interfere” to reveal that only we can do something to stop the issue. Similarly, in John Donne’s piece, the importance of helping those in need in society is emphasized when Donne mentions, “any man’s death
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People should interfere especially if it is something that concerns and affects everyone. It would minimize most of the problems in our world today like genocides. We should appreciate and assist one another rather than isolating yourself and refusing to support those in need. I believe it is crucial for people to understand that everyone are part of humanity. If everyone succeeds in realizing that we are all part of a whole therefore the world would become a better and safer place to live in. I also agree with the message revealed in Hotel Rwanda of helping one another. Besides, if we were not such ignorant during the Rwandan genocide then maybe tremendous innocent lives were saved.To sum up, we must learn to interfere and aid those in need to prevent disastrous issues and events in order to have a better
Injustice still occurs in today’s society. In “Hope, Despair, and Memory” Ellie Wiesel repeats, “it would be enough” to express his frustration in how humanity has not changed. Wiesel’s point of view differs from Solzhenitsyn oration in “One Word of Truth Outweighs the World” because Solzhenitsyn believes lying and violence are inseparable. However, Wiesel and Solzhenitsyn are similar in that they are both frustrated with our society not learning from past mistakes.
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.
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
“I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
Peter Unger attempts to persuade his audience into believing that it is their moral obligation to do anything and everything in their powers to reduce the suffering in the world caused by poverty. He takes a utilitarian approach to the poverty question by arguing that we should focus on how to save the most people by using donations as efficiently as possible. This means that we must not only take into consideration number of lives saved but also the amount of good each of those lives may do.
Most people feel that they should help the needy in some way or another. The problem is how to help them. This problem generally arises when there is a person sitting on the side of the road in battered clothes with a cardboard sign asking for some form of help, almost always in the form of money. Yet something makes the giver uneasy. What will they do with this money? Do they need this money? Will it really help them? The truth of the matter is, it won't. However, there are things that can be done to help the needy. Giving money to a reliable foundation will help the helpless, something that transferring money from a pocket to a man's tin can will never do.
This paper shows that altruism is a very complex issue and much more information could be introduced, following this would allow a greater look at the complexity of other views such as the religious or the philosophical side. Garrett Hardin’s ‘lifeboat ethics’ is a perfect example and proof of this paper, showing that we would rather let others gets killed instead of trying to help a
It is much easier to confront the racism of the 1960s than the racial and economic injustices of today.
A lot of people cannot understand that racism is a kind of injustice. Race is an artificial classification made by ignorant people as it is not a natural or a genetic distinction. God has created all human beings equal but sometimes people fail to understand that for many reasons like their ignorance of the history, culture and belief of the other race. Racism has destructive consequences and it prevents the development of society. It leads to division of society and harmful conflicts. Moreover, it can lead to enslavement and even wars and colonization. So, people have to understand its causes that make it still existed to stop it and develop the society as there are no innovations, inventions and developments in a racist
Racism is increasingly seen as a potent cause towards the health of ethnic minorities. Increased interest in this issue has led a growing number of researchers to investigate the correlation of racism and health outcomes. Ethnicity, a socially constructed concept, sees individuals with a common background or culture belonging to a particular group. This results in individuals using ethnicity to represent themselves in relation to others, especially in the presence of other ethnic individuals. However, racism arises when external gestures are made from individuals who show superiority and preference for their own cultural background, due to biological descent. Racism is a problem faced by many ethnic minority groups, resulting in inequalities that lead towards negative health outcomes.
Can one say that Americans have become tolerant or is racism alive and thriving in America? In recent news reports in print and televised, intolerance of others has been a hot topic. From the Clippers basketball franchise owner to the brothers that host a show on HGTV (Home and Garden Television). Have we not gotten past the racism that saw people sprayed with high pressure water hoses and attacked by trained dogs or has it become culvert to the point where most feel secure to be who they only to be shocked back to reality by things such as aforementioned?
Have you ever been picked on or made fun of because your nationality is different from someone else’s or the color of your skin? If so, then the person who did it was probably a racist person. Racism still exists within all cultures. Some people won’t admit they’re a racist, but their actions and words prove otherwise. Most people won’t directly discriminate other races, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen everyday.
Racism has often played a central role in conflicts between groups of people. Racism is the intentional or unintentional use of power to isolate, separate and exploit others as defined in the Webster dictionary. People generally respond to others differently based on what they know, which may include superficial characteristics often associated with race. This paper will express my opinion of how racism will effect America. I will base information from Webster’s definition of Racism, reading assigned for the course, and some of my own ideas on ways to overcome this obstacle as a nation.
We often see within the U.S this at times spoken, but most of the time unspoken fear towards the black community. A fear of a black man or woman commuting robbery at a store. A fear of black man dealing drugs or terrorizing society with his “gangster” ways. These assumptions are exercised, even in light of the countless individuals who have rose above these predisposed and unfair accused racial characteristics. In an age of social media and television it’s been almost impossible to not be bombarded with race and the abundance of terms which many news stations are throwing at you, most of which many common Americans are not privy too. In the end we know someone must suffer from all the fear, and hate that is circulating. The blacks in the U.S