How Does Elie Wiesel Use Ethos Pathos Logos

Alexis Barton

Mrs. Turner

English 2 Honors

4/14/22

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Over 6 million Jews tragically died in the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel was fortunate enough to survive it. He suffered greatly and still continued his life as an educator and as an advocate for those involved in the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel gave the speech “The Perils of Indifference,” and used ethos, pathos, and loaded words throughout the speech as strategies to keep the audience actively listening.

First, Wiesel uses ethos to keep his audience engaged and believing what he’s saying. For example, “Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe’s beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald” (Wiesel). Wiesel uses this because it gives him credibility. He is the young Jewish boy and he knows what he’s talking about. This is important for the audience to know so they believe what he’s saying. Next, Elie Wiesel uses pathos.

He states, “Wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were – strangers to their surroundings” (Wiesel). He says this to make his audience feel empathy and sadness for the innocent people who suffered through the Holocaust. This quote also contributes to his theme of the consequences of indifference by giving the audience something that they would never want to end up like. Lastly, Wiesel uses loaded