Famous poet, and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, argues or claims that indifference is “A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty, and compassion, good and evil. He developed his claim by defining what indifference means, and giving some examples. Then he states more examples, to make it clearer for the audience, so they can understand the concept of what indifference means. Finally, he uses indifference to give examples …show more content…
More specifically, Elie Wiesel argues that indifference is a bad thing. He writes, “It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is 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. Yet, for the person who is indifferent, his or her neighbor re of no consequence. And, therefore, their lives are meaningless. Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest.” In this article,Wiesel’s suggestion with people that are indifferent don’t care about others, and what they are feeling, and as well as what they were going through at that time, for example, if they are feeling pain, if they are feeling alone, or if they want to be heard by someone, etc.In conclusion, Ellie Wiesel belief is that indifference is a horrible thing to have, and to make others. In the view of some of the audience or of the reader they might think that, Elie Wiesel is right, because of how he uses it in his speech with all the examples, and statements being made from his point of perspective. More specifically, the audience may believe that indifference can make people stop at a certain point, because they might make them feel bad about themselves as a person. For example, here is a phrase from the speech of Elie Wiesel, “Indifferent reduces the other to an abstraction.” Although some may object that there is no danger of indifference, some of the audience or readers may maintain that because of what had gone through in the concentration camps. Therefore, in conclusion indifference is a horrible thing, because it can lead to more drastic consequences, and it can lead it more major things later