Question

What argument is Wiesel making in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech? A. The Holocaust was a terrible time in history. B. Countries should be allowed to police themselves. C. Men and women will always struggle for freedom. D. The world must take sides against injustice.

Answer 1

Answer: D. The world must take sides against injustice.

Elie Wiesel was born in present-day Romania. During World War II, he and his family were deported to an extermination camp. Only Wiesel and his two older sisters survived. He was liberated from Buchenwald in 1945, and in 1958 he published his book, Night. In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Wiesel reminds us that learning about the importance of the Holocaust is not enough. It is necessary for people to take a side against injustice. He believed that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference and that a struggle against indifference was a struggle for peace.

Answer 2

The correct option is D.
Wiesel was given a Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 as a recognition for his works in promoting human rights. At that time he was a University professor and he worked on behalf of the oppressed people. He believed that people must take side against injustice because been neutral or keeping quiet only help the oppressors to inflict more affliction.<span />