Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Analysis
Are bystanders guilty or innocent when they witness civil injustice?
In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice.
Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel), he tells the reader how everyone knew that they were suffering that people were dying and yet they did nothing to help but instead ignored it. He stresses how people should have done something to help them instead of ignoring them. Even if they
In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice.
Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel), he tells the reader how everyone knew that they were suffering that people were dying and yet they did nothing to help but instead ignored it. He stresses how people should have done something to help them instead of ignoring them. Even if they