A scene that struck me was an ever so simple one yet, it continuously set an effective tone throughout the rest of the play. A set that was once occupied by Wendy’s bedroom soon became a dark and eerie setting that included an obscure pirate ship. As this set continued to remain impervious, figures appeared from stage left. A green light then illuminated the entire set, continuing the peculiar theme in this scene. Emerging from the shadows came a tall, erect figure. With every step this figure continued to take, the ground shook as if the man were made of stone. With the light finally revealing the ominous figure, it came to be that it was Captain Hook. Confident with every step he took, he and his gang of pirates were in search of Peter Pan.
Response Paper: Dawn In the novel Dawn, by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel writes about a fictional charter who he named Elisha. After the war Elisha got recruited to start living the life of a terrorist but he is not your typical cold hearted born to kill kind of terrorist what sets him apart is his conches. When Elisha is ordered to execute a man he has a difficult time wrapping his head around it.
Week Four Devotional Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me.
The author of this story is Elie Wiesel a survivor from the holocaust this very brave man is receiving the Nobel peace prize for not only surviving but also speaking out loud a lot of people don’t speak out or even remember the holocaust even happened. But Mr. Elie Wiesel is the brave voice to speak up for the fallen and living. He wrote his novel for the remembrance of the holocaust he was not able to stand up to the Nazis back then but now that it is over and is alive and well he stood up to them people think it doesn’t matter since it happened but it is a real big deal because lots of people forgot or just don’t care but he made sure his voice was heard over the other survivors who made it through the holocaust which was a good move he did
In the East room of the White House during the 12th of April 1999, Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Holocaust survivor, elaborates in his hopeful speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” the apathy of the American government to the sufferings of the people victimized by the tragic past to show how indifference can cause misery to other people. By stating his personal experiences, questioning his audience, and by citing proofs and facts, he was able to appeal to his audience emotionally and logically; thus, conveying his message of hope to welcome the new century and move them towards social action and away from indifference. Wiesel’s purpose is to share his experiences in order to remind the world, not just his audience, that people
“Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor - never his victim”(Perils of Indifference) said Elie Wiesel, survivor of the Holocaust in his Perils of Indifference speech. In his speech he explains a little about his experience throughout the holocaust, but mainly about why he is so against indifference. While in his Nobel Peace Prize winning book, Night, he describes in depth about his journey through concentration camps and what he witnessed along the way. Indifference is a big topic of his, and it is now a matter of what illustrates the topic better, Night or Perils of Indifference.
On April 12, 1999, Elie Wiesel delivered a poignant speech during the Millennium Lectures. (Wiesel 1) In his effective speech, the author emphasizes the word “indifference” in order to establish a closer connection between the past and the present – contrasting what we, as a country, have done and what we should do going forward. “The Perils of Indifference” is a call to action in order to defend human life in the new millennium. Wiesel captures his audience with facts, appeals to the human conscience, and utilizes many strategies to add weight to his words.
He grasps your attention with Foreshadowing these details so you experience empathy for the characters and understand his message. John Steinbeck uses a great deal of foreshadowing at the pool by the river in the beginning and end, the bad experiences of the bunk house, and a sensation
"Bite your lips, little brother…Don 't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now… Wait. Clench your teeth and w a i t … " page:53 Night.
The general statement made by Elie Wiesel in his speech, The Perils of Indifference, is that indifference is sinful. More specifically, Wiesel argues that awareness needs to be brought that indifference is dangerous. He writes “Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end”. In this speech, Wiesel is suggesting that indifference is dangerous it can bring the end to many lives. In conclusion Wiesel's belief is suggesting that indifference is an end, it needs to be noticed and taken care of.
At the beginning of Night, Elie was someone who believed fervently in his religion. His experiences at Auschwitz and other camps, such as Birkenau and Buna have affected his faith immensely. Elie started to lose his faith when he and his father arrived at Birkenau. They saw the enormous flames rising from a ditch, with people being thrown in.
This week we discussed ‘“The Tempest” in the Wilderness: A Tale of Two Frontiers’ by Ronald Takaki. In this article, the author discusses the differences between savagery and civilization. The main argument in this argument is shown in the form of examples of how the Indians and Irish were simply harmless at first when discovering the New World, but quickly made into monsters by the English men. I’m sure we’ve all learned in history of John Smith’s description of how the Powhatans cared for the sick and dying English men.
It is impossible for one single person to try to take on all the injustices that take place in today's modern society. Yet, each person has their own way of dealing with their indifferences. Elie Wiesel, In 1999, once made a great speech in Washington D.C. and he names it “The Perils of Indifference. In this speech he makes the argument on how being indifferent can cause the same problems as being violent.
Uriah Witt Professor Michael Jernigan English 102 20 FEB 2018 The Pathos Behind Indifference An elderly man makes his way to a podium of the White House, in attendance is President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton. He had prepared a speech that will tug at the heart strings of every person in attendance, along with everyone watching from home. The date is significant to Elie Wiesel’s speech, 12 April 1999, 45 years to the day he had been liberated by American Soldiers from Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany. With sadness in his eyes and heart he delivered his speech The Perils of Indifference.
The human race seeks power in every situation. In the play "The Tempest" written by William Shakespeare, the thematic idea of the struggle for power is demonstrated. The characters are shipwrecked on what they believe to be a deserted island. Suddenly realizing that there will need to be a king or a ruler of the island, they fight and argue over who the king should be without knowing that there is already a king of the island who intentionally wrecked their ship with his magic. Throughout the story there are certain events that show their thoughts on this decision.
“A Tempest” is as a derivative of Shakespeare ’s play “The Tempest” by Aime Cesaire. Cesaire makes a number of alterations in his adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. These alterations have been made in order to outline the change in time eras between the two playwrights’ time of existence and to illustrate the great social change that occurred in these periods, mainly colonialism by the West, the subsequent theme of the quest for freedom as well as the theme of power that resonates throughout the play. This essay aims at exploring the similarities and to draw attention to the alterations made by Cesaire in “A Tempest” and the subsequent effects of these alterations on the audience.