Copyright 2023 IPL.org All rights reserved. 0000138216 00000 n He mobilized the American people ThoughtCo. And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. Continue Learning about English Language Arts. 0000163823 00000 n carried by profound fear and extraordinary hope. 0000162819 00000 n 0000015848 00000 n Sixty years When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Apathy is also a purely negative thing. 0000086676 00000 n Every single day, we interact with other people and influence each other. Elie Wiesel stated boldly, The opposite of faith is not heresy, its indifference. I believe that Mr. Wiesel was trying to put forth the ideas that if you dont try to make a difference, the world will never change for the better. the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, 0000135923 00000 n conviction. is a word that I cherish. Wiesel's main message, however, is that we should guard against becoming indifferent or desensitized to atrocities and crimes against humanity. This speech also connects to the C3 Frameworks for Social Studies. 0000013674 00000 n Wiesel poses many questions in his speech, and often asks if the world has less indifference than before. 2020-06-25 17:36:32. Wiesels "The Perils of Indifference" contains the information and rhetorical devices that meet the text complexity criteria of the CCSS. 0000134923 00000 n years of quest and struggle. 0000094963 00000 n This time, we do respond. As Wiesel says, indifference "can be tempting" and "seductive," but it is dangerous because it "reduces the Other to an abstraction." 0000258783 00000 n So he is very much present to me and to us. 0000138032 00000 n In the place that I come from, society was composed of three simple categories: the killers, the victims, and the bystanders. after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person's pain To have passion for a It is easy to become indifferent or desensitized when these atrocities and crimes seem to be so frequent, but it is also dangerous. What about the children? 0000188286 00000 n In that camp they had lost everything, their personal possessions, their family, and even their will to live. THe fragrances of spring were in the air. Summarize Elie Wiesels acceptance speech upon being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in three sentences. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented (Wiesel). to intervene in Kosovo and save those victims, those refugees, those who 0000130016 00000 n