REHUGO-History

Andrew Haugland
Period 2
AP English 3


A. Elie Wiesel: a holocaust survivor, and writer.
B. Wiesel delivers a speech concerning the past millennium in the white house to lecture listeners on how to make a better millennium by shunning indifference.
C. Wiesel’s insight to the events concerning WWII and the holocaust depict the “perils of indifference” and give us a picture of what NOT to do. Indifference applies to everything in this world involving an aggressor, a victim, and anyone simply ignoring what goes on. Wiesel said “It is so much easier to look away from victims” about the seduction of indifference. But indifference can apply to anything, such as a student witnessing an act of bullying, or a neighbor hearing the screams of domestic abuse.
D. Repetition and Rhetorical questions come from an entire paragraph of nothing but questions meant to provoke thought. “Has the human race become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences?” He also alludes to historical moments other than the holocaust, such as the assassinations of Ghandi, the Kennedys and other events that were a failure to humanity.


Wiesel, Elie. “The Perils of Indifference”. [Online] Available http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ewieselperilsofindifference.html
April 12, 1999