The Perils of Indifference speech was a little confusing to me because I did not know all the places and the events Wiesel talks about. He has a lot of passion in his words though which made me very interested to keep reading. I was not aware that the United States knew about the concentration camps and sent the ship of 1,000 Jews back to be tortured. History is always in favor of the person who is writing it and for Wiesel to proclaim a different prospective is very brave. He is an outsider of the United States who actually experiences the horriflic event and is still grateful for all the work the Clinton administration does even when he knows our flaws in the situation.
Indifference was the whole topic of the speech. Wiesel saying the word repeditively really gets his point across about how harsh the Nazi's really were. The Nazi soldiers did not have any feelings for the children and their parents whom they were effecting. The statement he makes about God and if His presence was with the Jews or not was very upsetting and made me feel terrible about what these people went through. Wiesel is brave for speaking about his life changing experience in front of the leaders of the United States.
The part when he was talking about god was so interesting to me and how he was said "God is wherever we are. Even in suffering? Even in suffering" (Wiesel 216). But I agree with you and how depressing that part that part was.
ReplyDeletei agree the the author was very brave to make that speech, especially in front of American people. i also agree that his passion makes you want to keep reading. i really wanted to see what else he had to say.
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