It is very important to speak out and up against people that negatively affect society. People that …show more content…
That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me.” (7). Moishe is showing the Jews that he cares about them if he wants them to listen without anything in return. Moishe risked getting in trouble by helping out the Jews. It had a beneficial impact on him and the Jews because if the Jews listened, what Moishe was saying had importance. Even if the Jews didn't listen to Moishe, Moishe knowing he tried to help them out comforts him knowing he did his best. So Moishe is inspired by the importance of what he is saying by speaking up to help out the Jews. Another way Elie shows how speaking up for what is right is very important including family members states “ I began to insult his neighbors. They mocked me. I promised the bread and soup. They laughed. Then they got angry: the could no longer stand my father they say, because he no longer was able to drag himself outside to relieve him.” While Elie was visiting his father while he was ill Auschwitz workers began to harass and beat his father, so Elie stepped in and tried to stop by promising bread and soup to them. Out of anger, he mocked them. Speaking up