Rhetorical Analysis Of Speech By Elie Wiesel

Having an opinion and or a belief is better than not having one at all. A great man such as Elie Wiesel would agree to that statement. He believes standing up for what is right by showing compassion for a fellow human being than for letting good men do nothing while evil triumphs. The message he passes was how indifference is showing the other man he is nothing. He attempts to grasp the audience by personal experiences and historic failures we need to learn from to grow to the compassion human being we all can be. Elie Wiesel show great respect for America. He complements the soldiers, the first lady and the president. He informs us about how he was young and felt anger and rage towards the Nazis. He also notices the soldiers that saved him had great rage which translates to true compassion for one another. He gives us a great history lesson and who was indifferent especially towards how towns were miles away from the camps and did nothing about it. He impounds the heart breaking on how doing business with them until 1942 and we knew what was going on. He questions the indifference we had. The author had many historical facts brought into his speech for backing up his facts making a strong backbone for the body of his speech. His facts alone can stand but he adds tension to make the audience grasp towards what he was feeling. Many of his facts
The effect of his speech left a long lasting impression on America leaving a legacy of indifference being wrong and standing for what’s right is better than looking away and letting evil triumph. The evidence that we have is that most countries believe we do too much meddling in situations that doesn’t even involve us. A lot of American feel like we put our noses into so many things that we shouldn’t. No matter if they are right or wrong I am proud to see we show we care and willing to help others stand in the greater