Elie Wiesel's Violation Of Human Rights
When in the presence of the violation of human rights, one help others to his or her full extent to break the victims free from the inhumanity. As Elie Wiesel states in his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, everyone must come to the need of anyone facing the violation of human rights, ". . . there must never be times where we fail to protest"(Wiesel 119). This quote illustrates that one must not standby and do nothing the face of the violation of human rights. In addition, Wiesel is trying to convey the fact that no matter how much power one has, one must be the greatest change, when facing an evil such as the violation of human rights. On a similar note, in the movie Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina delivered a speech to the refugees of Rwanda
mainly stating that they cannot break free from the genocide if no other human being tries to support them, " If they let go of your hand, you die". This reveals how when one's human rights are being violated they can't act enough to help themselves, and, as a result, they can only be supported by the bystanders. In addition, this quote acknowledges the fact that humans can only help other humans and if the humans continue being bystanders, without helping, then, like Paul Rusesabagina explicitly stated, the negative consequences would persevere. On the other hand, in Night, after the American and Russian pilots had intervened with the evil by bombing Auschwitz, Elie "no longer fear[ed] death" because the intervention had given him "renewed confidence"(Wiesel 52). This act of intervention gave the inmates hope and bolstered their perseverance, so they could better endure the harsh work camp of Birkenau. If the forces hadn't intervened, the suffering in Auschwitz would have continued, unabated, diminishing the hopes of the barely surviving victims. All in all, when a human is in the shadow of human rights violation, all humans, as stated in Wiesel's Nobel Prize speech, must muster all the courage they can like in Night when the fighter pilots bombed the camp to show the inmates help had arrived. One must also do all in his or her power to help as shown in the case of Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda.
mainly stating that they cannot break free from the genocide if no other human being tries to support them, " If they let go of your hand, you die". This reveals how when one's human rights are being violated they can't act enough to help themselves, and, as a result, they can only be supported by the bystanders. In addition, this quote acknowledges the fact that humans can only help other humans and if the humans continue being bystanders, without helping, then, like Paul Rusesabagina explicitly stated, the negative consequences would persevere. On the other hand, in Night, after the American and Russian pilots had intervened with the evil by bombing Auschwitz, Elie "no longer fear[ed] death" because the intervention had given him "renewed confidence"(Wiesel 52). This act of intervention gave the inmates hope and bolstered their perseverance, so they could better endure the harsh work camp of Birkenau. If the forces hadn't intervened, the suffering in Auschwitz would have continued, unabated, diminishing the hopes of the barely surviving victims. All in all, when a human is in the shadow of human rights violation, all humans, as stated in Wiesel's Nobel Prize speech, must muster all the courage they can like in Night when the fighter pilots bombed the camp to show the inmates help had arrived. One must also do all in his or her power to help as shown in the case of Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda.