Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference" and book "Night" both help the audience explore human nature. These two texts show compliance, participation, and apathy in the reoccurrence of large scale injustice. Therefor, humans being inclined to act with cruelty is revealed to the reader.
Acts of cruelty is shown in "The Perils of Indifference" through the use of diction. When Wiesel states "In the place that I come from, society was composed of three simple categories: the killers, the victims, and the bystanders. During the darkest of times, inside the ghettoes and death camps, we felt abandoned, forgotten." the words "abandoned" and "forgotten" evokes pity or sadness. Also, the statement shows how cruelly they were treated and how they had no one to help them. On the other hand, In the third section of "Night" Wiesel also shows cruelty within humankind through repetition and word choice. When Wiesel says "Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky." the phrase "bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke" evokes sympathy and sorrow.
Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference" and book "Night" reveal humans being inclined to act with cruelty. Wiesel does this by using diction and repetition. Also, Wiesel touches the readers emotions of pity and sadness through his word choice.
