Indifference Is No Longer An Option: An analysis of Elie Wiesel's denouncing of indifference to quell human suffering
buzzz worthy. . . Elie Wiesel September 30, 1923 - July 2, 2016. Rhetorical Analysis by Aria Austin Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Aushwitz survivor Elie Wiesel died on July 2, 2016. He leaves behind a philosophy of understanding and compassion that is shrouded in sensitivity to the human condition based off his Holocaust experience. Here a writer analyzes "The Perils Of Indifference" a speech that brought Wiesel international recognition. The questions about morality he ponders are as relevant today as when he first asked them and especially timely in light of social and political upheaval ranging from racially inspired police killings in America to terrorist attacks in Nice, France and the government of Turkey declaring martial law. Tragedies are widespread, crying for people to be the change that will make the difference in combatting evil. "Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor — never his victim,...