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    Top 5 Speeches/ RASAR: “The Perils of Indifference‚” by‚ Elie Wiesel  Top 5 Speeches  1. Jim Valvano 1993 ESPYS speech  a. March 3‚ 1993  2. Lou Gehrig Farewell to Baseball speech  a. July 4‚ 1939  3. Eliezer (“ElieWiesel “The Perils of Indifference”  a. April 12‚ 1999  4. FDR’s First Fireside Chat  a. March 12‚ 1933  5. Ronald Reagan’s 40th Anniversary of D­Day speech  a. June 6‚ 1984  Summary  In the speech‚ author Elie Wiesel discussed the impact of indifference in 20th century society.  Wiesel discusses how people used indifference during World War 2

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    depend on others in order to survive. In the novels Night and Maus II by Elie Wiesel and Art Spiegelman‚ the main characters Elie and Vladek are prisoners at Auschwitz. Both Vladek and Elie take advantage of the opportunities given. They are also selfish when it comes to survival‚ hence only relying on themselves. This is crucial to their survival of the death camp. In Art Spiegelman’s Maus II and Elie Wiesel’s Night‚ Elie and Vladek have to take advantage of every opportunity‚

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    "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented." That quote is from Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech. I agree with the quotation. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel‚ many elements correspond to the quote and to the idea of silence and complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust‚ and thought that if they did something

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    There were many situations that Elie Wiesel has experienced which brought about a change in his character. In the memoir‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel changes in response to his concentration camp experiences. The separation from his loved ones and the horrible conditions of these camps affected Elie greatly. The Holocaust affected Elie physically‚ emotionally and also spiritually. Elie changed physically by being a healthy human being into a walking skeleton. The Jews can be described as “skin and bones”

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    Acceptance Speech The Baker by Heather Cadsby and The Nobel Peace Price Acceptance Speech by Elie Wiesel both reject the idea of “forgot the past” when it comes to torturous experiences. Nevertheless‚ Heather Cadsby and Elie Wiesel have different opinions on dealing with the hatred which is brought by these traumas. Heather suggests to use the past suffering to appreciate the we have now while Elie Wiesel advocates for the pursuit of peace. First of all‚ both the Baker and the Nobel Peace Price

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    Elie Wiesel and Corrie Ten Boom are amazing figures in the dark history of the Holocaust. Corrie’s actions through her faith shined through the holocaust as she saved many lives. Elie Wiesel’s bravery and perseverance led him to survive through the deadly concentration camps. Though their tales differ‚ the depth of them is the same. Both of their actions have earned them countless awards and honors that they rightly deserve. Elie Wiesel’s early life was like any other Jewish child’s during that

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    was able to make himself seem insignificant‚ almost invisible. He was timid‚ with dreamy eyes‚ and did not speak much. 2. Describe Elie Wiesel’s father. What was his occupation? He was cultured and unsentimental. He had more concern for outsiders than for his own family. He and his wife were storekeepers. 3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel? Moshe became his cabbalist‚ or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith. 4. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle told

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    forget…” in the book Night by Elie Wiesel follows after Eliezer witnesses innocent children being tossed into the flames of the crematorium. This passage is written like a poem or a lament and employs multiple literary techniques to emphasize its meaning and tone. The most prominent literary technique that Elie Wiesel uses in this passage is anaphora. Anaphora is when a word or phrase is used repetitively at the beginning of clauses that follow one another. Wiesel uses the phrase‚ “Never shall I

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    thousand‚ many remained silent due to their trauma but others shared their experience. Among these shared stories there are words that explain the unspeakable through the eyes of Elie Wiesel‚ Phil Chernofsky‚ and Viktor Frankl. Elie Wiesel was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 when he was just 15 years old. Wiesel was planning to become a rabbi before he and his family

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    Der Führer: Adolf Hitler On April 20‚ 1989‚ one of the world’s most profound leaders‚ public speakers and war generals was born in Braunau‚ Austria (Scholtz 417). Hitler rose to become the highest-ranking official of the Nazi Party that was erected in 1920 (Carney 305). His fellow party members knew him a very well spoken man as well as having innate leadership skills (Scholtz 420). At the end of the 1920’s the German people suffered from unemployment‚ poverty‚ starvation‚ and most of all‚ hope

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