Question

According to Wiesel, how can indifference be "tempting"? A. Looking away from suffering can be too easy. B. Being unmoved by suffering is understandable. C. Giving in to small temptations is acceptable. D. Indifference is a terrible sin.

Answer 1

The answer is A: Looking away from suffering can be too easy.

Elie Wiesel was an American author, who wrote in Yiddish and French, and who survived the Jewish Holocaust and the German concentration camps. His work is dedicated to exploring the horrors and the roots of the Jewish Holocaust. He believed that one of the reasons that the Holocaust happened is that a lot of people were indifferent to the suffering that so many experienced during this darkest of periods in human history. In this sense, he believed that, for so many, indifference was tempting because it was easier to look away than to empathize and become responsible for the pain and suffering of others.  

Answer 2

I would say A. Sometimes, people find it to be easier to look away from other's problems then to get involved.