Night by Ellie Wesiel
Night by Ellie Wesiel
Testimonies serve as an outlet in which to influence and notify others of the worldâs injustices. Within his own testimonial book Night, Ellie Wesiel uses his memoir to demonstrate to every person of every nationality, every religion, and every political view the necessity of moral attention. Once, the world rose up against these presented acts of bigotry, hatred, and genocide. Once, a dream and hope were presented to those who had been forgotten, through the rescue of the Jews from Nazi Germany. In his Noble Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Ellie said, âAnd now the boy is turning to me. âTell me,â he asks, âwhat have you done with my future, what have you done with your life?â â
No longer can the world reside within a state of naĐżve ignorance. âBecause if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices,â says Ellie Wesiel. If we forget, if the world turns its back on those whose voices have been stolen, then an act of callousness just as barbaric and horrific as Hitlerâs and countless other inhumane monsters, has been committed. Freedom must be declared. People of the United States of America, of Great Britain, of Mexico-of any given country-must free themselves with their own given and assumed abilities to pursue forgiveness, charity, and acceptance of all peoples; for society has been inextricably chained to its own paralyzed vision of moral