Eva Kor and Elie Wiesel, two survivors of the Holocaust, were also activists within the Jewish community. They were known outside of their communities for spreading inspirational speeches and ideologies to heal and overcome the experiences of the Holocaust. Even though Eva Kor and Elie Wiesel’s ideas and motivations were different, they had the same effect on people in and outside of their communities. After all, they were both able to leave lasting impressions on the world. Elie Wiesel focused on telling his story, and describing how he survived the traumatic event through his memoir, Night, that demonstrated his perseverance through the Holocaust. Not to mention, he also produced his motivational speech, “The Perils of Indifference” that …show more content…
In the memoir, when Elie and his father first arrive at the camp, another prisoner sternly tells Wiesel and his father for their safety, “Not fifty. You're forty. Do you hear? Eighteen and forty" (Weisel, 30). This took place early in the memoir because the SS officers were checking the inmates' ages, and sending young children, and older men and women to the camp's crematorium. The inmate felt the need to protect Elie and his father by telling them to lie about their age so they would not be forced into the crematorium just to die with no fight. This goal of survival is shared throughout the entire community of Jewish prisoners, including the inmate, Elie and his …show more content…
Elie Weisel created this speech in order to inform others about the dangers of indifference, and how it can begin to affect almost every single community. In this speech, Wiesel explains to his audience that the main reason the holocaust occurred was because of indifference, and explains to his audience that it’s “...so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person's pain and despair” (Wiesel) This creates the challenge of acts of anger, discrimination and hatred onto the Jewish community, and how it impacted the holocaust’s experience for the Jewish prisoners, and how indifference is still happening today to many minorities. Wiesel relates to those who are still facing discrimination and explains how he uses partnership to overcome those challenges in hope to help those still struggling. Elie describes to his audience how the goal of partnerships is to avoid another conflict from occuring in the
Nazi’s escorted Elie and his group of Jews with clubs to a selection of those who are fit enough to work and those who are declining in strength. The way that Elie and his father make it through this selection is by lying about their ages. Elie says he’s 18 and Elie’s father says he is only 40. Elie’s mother and three sisters disappear into a concentration camp by the name of Birkenau.
Elie is separated from his mother and his sisters, but he remains with his father. They lie about their ages so that they can live. If you are too young or too old you are of no use at Auschwitz. Later they arrive at Auschwitz and they lie again to Dr. Mengele and Elie says he is a farmer, not a student. After, they move on to the pit.
The books Night by Elie Wiesel and The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy are both books about the holocaust. Though they are based off of the same event, they are quite different in many ways, just like they are the same in others. The book Night is about a boy and his father who are Jewish and are forced to go to a concentration camp. This book is mostly about what it was like in the concentration camps and how the characters suffered. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, on the other hand, is about two Jewish kids who are separated from their parents and find a old lady to help them.
The Holocaust is a massive human tragedy that will be remembered for many and many years.. Night is a memoir written by author Elie Wiesel. The story revolves around a young Orthodox Jewish Elie who is sent to Auschwitzs. Maus is a graphic novel written and drawn by author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The story of Maus involves Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Even though they are told from two different points of view, Maus and Night have several similarities and differences in the areas of style, structure, and genre.
Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, the world’s worst mass genocide, wrote about his experiences in concentration camps. He wrote the memoir Night, a New York Times Bestseller, told the world how evil the Nazi regime was. Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Prize winner, continued to be a leading human rights activist for all people experiencing persecution. Millions of Jews were deported to concentration camps where they were treated as animals. 15-year-old, Elie Wiesel was transported to Auschwitz death camp where he never saw his mother and sister ever again.
This is a picture of one of the selection process that is held when prisoners first arrive at a concentration camp. And, at Auschwitz they are usually headed by Joseph Mengele an infamous Nazi doctor. The woman and children are sent straight to the crematory and males younger than 18 and older than 50 are also sent there. This relates to Elie’s story because he went through the same selection process as well he and his father being questioned by Dr. Mengele in which he said he was 18 and his father said he was 30. This photo shows the prisoners of the concentration carrying lorries and working hard like automatons.
This is why Elie and his father found themselves being escorted into a concentration camp without Elie’s mother or two sisters. The men were concerned and anxious about the fate that awaited them. As they entered the camp the two were approached by another man, “‘Hey, kid, how old are you?” The man interrogating me was an inmate. I could not see his face, but his voice was weary and warm.
Transition: And to those of us who follow his work, he continues to provide inspiration. III. A selfless leader as much as an eloquent and fearless one, Elie Wiesel has consistently put the needs of others before his
In “the perils of indifference” Elie Wiesel gives a message of hope while condemning the past, and persuading the audience by using the emotional language, etho, rhetorical questioning, and compare and contrast to incite change. Elie starts his speech by bring the audience attention
On pages 40 and 41 of chapter 2, Elie shares with us the questions the Nazi soldier asked him once he arrived at the concentration camp, which were "How old are you?" and "What's your occupation" to which Elie lied and responded anxiously with "Eighteen," and "Farmer." His lie gives us an insight into his thought process. Elie lied and proclaimed that he was 18 and a farmer, knowing he was just a student and 16 years old. This lie conveys to us that Elie’s number one goal was survival.
By stating, “Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.” Wiesel hopes that he can inspire the change that the world was and still is in need
The heart wrenching and powerful memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel depicts Elie’s struggle through the holocaust. It shows the challenges and struggles Elie and people like him faced during this mournful time, the dehumanization; being forced out of their homes, their towns and sent to nazi concentration camps, being stripped of their belongings and valuables, being forced to endure and witness the horrific events during one of history’s most ghastly tales. In “Night” Elie does not only endure a physical journey but also a spiritual journey as well, this makes him question his determination, faith and strength. This spiritual journey is a journey of self discovery and is shown through Elie’s struggle with himself and his beliefs, his father
In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Elie Wiesel strives to inform his audience of the unbelievable atrocities of the Holocaust in order to prevent them from ever again responding to inhumanity and injustice with silence and neutrality. The structure or organization of Wiesel’s speech, his skillful use of the rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos, combined with powerful rhetorical devices leads his audience to understand that they must never choose silence when they witness injustice. To do so supports the oppressors. Wiesel’s speech is tightly organized and moves the ideas forward effectively. Wiesel begins with humility, stating that he does not have the right to speak for the dead, introducing the framework of his words.
Elie and his dad both lied about their age and were sent to the same line. The felt relived because they ended up together, but then found out they were destined to burn by an SS member. “Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium (Wiesel 32).” In addition, babies were thought to
Throughout his literary works including his memoir Night and speeches "The Perils of Indifference" and "Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," Elie Wiesel emphasizes his purpose of informing and persuading people to take action against atrocities. Wiesel passionately advocates for awareness and prevention of such events in the future. As a Holocaust survivor, Wiesel's personal experiences provided a deep understanding of the harsh realities of genocide. In his speech "The Perils of Indifference," Wiesel explains, "Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor--never its victim."