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“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”
-William Shakespeare, The Tempest
The horror story of Nazi Germany is one of the most documented of all time. There are endless books, movies, novels, plays, essays, biographies, poetry, and documentaries all about the Nazis. Humanity seems to be obsessed with the topic. But why? Perhaps because they are representative of the absolute depths that humanity has fallen to. It would seem that, after Greece and Rome, we have been on a steady upwards climb. Galileo, Newton, the Enlightenment, and the rise of technology have all contributed to the scientific advancement of our species. However, along the way we have lost our morality and killed our God with a, “whiff of science”. Our standards
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They are simply a product of our “sivilization”– one where morality and humanity have been completely downtrodden in the name of science and progress. T Nowhere is the complete destruction of morality, caused by Nietzsche, more obvious than in these numbers. 1 Firstly, Nietzsche’s concepts of the will to power and the overman are still apparent in the greedy and power-hungry desires of people in our, “sivilization,” today, such as Hillary Clinton, who, despite being named as the most corrupt politician of 2015 by Watchdog, is still attempting to gain even more power by running for President. 2 White-collar criminals, such as Bernie Madoff, play God with the finances of innocent people, costing over $50 billion to those who invested in him. 3 70% of Americans in 2015 are dissatisfied with their jobs, and actively seek out promotions, compared to just 50% in 1960. 4 1 out of every 3 adults has high blood pressure caused by workplace stress, costing America around $46 billion per year. 1 Our society is now almost entirely composed of Nietzsche’s “last man;” for example, 6% of jobs in the United States relate to advertising and marketing, …show more content…
His idea is simple and hopeful, yet does not succumb to baseless optimism. He counters the idea that the, “tablets of memory,” should be erased, and reminds us that man, “cannot afford to ignore,” experiences that reveal his own nature, for fear of repeating his mistakes infinitely. Eban advocates for reminding the population that we cannot simply, “veg out,” and forget our own past. With his assertion that, "the human conscience needs an alarm bell, not a sleeping pill," Eban rejects the baseless optimism of C.S. Lewis, and the idea that simply forgetting about the Nazis will be better for everyone. He cuts through the notion that someone is coming to save us. Instead, he reminds us that, “those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it,” and that the knowledge of man’s past mistakes may become, “one of his weapons in the struggle for the vindication of his essential humanity." This struggle cannot be solved by simply holding hands and singing; we must actively work to bring our society back to a small amount of decency. Next, Eban states that if we can, “deduce [the Holocaust’s] lessons in the political, social, and educational domains,” we may pull ourselves back from the edge of the abyss. Unfortunately, it seems that humanity may simply be too far-gone. Eban’s assertion that, "it is still not certain how the tension [between good and evil] will be ultimately resolved,” is true, although it may
High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories that are amazingly composed and beautifully put together. High Noon is a movie that centers on a marshal, Mike Kane, who was about to retire and leave the town he was deputized in with his new wife when a tragedy struck and ruined his plans. Four outlaws came to the town to get revenge on the marshal who previously sent them to jail, so Kane had to protect the town and himself. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a book about a hunter named Rainsford who was separated from his friend and ended up on an island with no one but a sociopathic killer. He had to survive the island by himself while simultaneously outwitting the murderer..
The Odyssey: Greed and its Consequences Book 9 of The Odyssey, tells of the beginning of the great wanderings of Odysseus and his comrades as they journeyed back home from Troy. The episode I will be focusing is the Cicones. After reading the first story of the great wanderings, I learn that there is a fatal flaw in Odysseus and his crew. This episode shows how the gluttony ultimately leads to misfortune.
“Had he been able to speak to us that night, we might still have been able to flee” (Wiesel 14). During the time of the Holocaust in 1941, a friend is coming to warn a young boy by the name of Elie Wiesel that human rights violations are occurring all over Europe lead by a man named Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler's goal was to keep the Aryan race alive and kill all others deemed not fit. There were many warning signs to the Jewish population that trouble was near. Many chose not to listen, or to ignore help from others, but in the end, this choice leads to the loss of things tangible and intangible.
The Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, in the text, “The Perils of Indifference,” uses numerous of effective rhetorical strategies in order to build his credibility and engage his audience. Wiesel’s purpose is to persuade his audience to denounce indifference and act to stop the suffering and intolerance that occurs around the globe. Throughout the text, Wiesel describes historical events during the Holocaust and how indifference allowed for suffering and injustices to continue. Nevertheless, Wiesel acknowledges with gratitude the efforts of America and the actions of the brave. Wiesel, with a hopeful tone, encourages change and undertaking to save sufferers from inhuman and woeful experiences. In “The Perils of
Ruled by emotions, our overpowering heart makes us human. For Odysseus, he was ruled by arrogance on his journey home after his Trojan War victory. Arrogance is a matter of the mind; the mind deceives humans into thinking that they are greater than the bigger picture of life. So, as punishment for believing himself above the gods, the gods sentence Odysseus to a ten year journey lost at sea among challenges and temptations. Meanwhile, Odysseus’ wife Penelope and son Telemachus suffer at home in the kingdom of Ithaca. In Odysseus’ story, the secondary characters symbolize the traits of human experience, such as greed, lust, love, and hope that will serve to teach Odysseus of his humanity.
He was finally free, no joy filled his heart but abandonment was drowning it. How dangerous is indifference to humankind as it pertains to suffering and the need for conscience understanding when people are faced with unjust behaviors? Elie Wiesel is an award winning author and novelist who has endured and survived hardships. One of the darkest times in history, a massacre of over six million Jews, the Holocaust and Hitler himself. After the Holocaust he went on and wrote the internationally acclaimed memoir “Night,” in which he spoke out against persecution and injustice across the world. In the compassionate yet pleading speech, ¨Perils of Indifference,¨ Elie Wiesel analyzes the injustices that himself and others endured during the twentieth century, as well as the hellish acts of the Holocaust through effective rhetorical choices.
Men who fear nothing are shameless. But men who think about how their actions may affect others and how their legacy will be reflected on by future generations are brimming with arete. The suitors Shameless, and lackadaisical throughout the Odyssey, they continuously display anti-arete. They think that Penelope, a sensible woman, is going to have respect for them as they are tearing her husband's house apart. Later in the Odyssey, in Book 21 page 435, Penelope finally expresses her disdain for the suitor's behavior: “ ‘How can you hope for any public fame at all...
This quote juxtaposes the normalcy of life before the holocaust with the genocide which was to follow. The Jews of Sighet were unable to accept the possibility that circumstances were dangerous due to the veneer of security. They even questioned Hitler’s desire for extermination! When reading this section, I was curious as to whether the community purposefully ignored the imminent turmoil in order to propagate a false sense of comfort, or if they genuinely believed that no harm was to ensue. Upon this thought, I realized that I am viewing the holocaust with knowledge of what will occur, whereas the Jews of Sighet do not look at the situation with the same knowledge of future events (Certainly, if the Jews of Sighet knew what was to come, they would have responded differently). This understanding drastically changed my view of holocaust survivors. I learned that my analysis of events could not possibly be the same as an individual living through the moment themselves. This realization is what inspired me to research further the factors which influenced survival, as I wanted to learn more about the complexities of enduring the holocaust as it relates to the individuals who were personally affected.
Although the world continues to face tragedy, little compares to that of the horrors millions of innocent Jews like Elie Wiesel faced, as they were deported from their homes, separated from their families and pushed around into different concentration camps where they were brutally tortured, killed, and discarded of by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany Army beginning in 1941. It wasn’t until April of 1945 that Elie along with the limited number of other survivors were finally liberated. This mid 20th century atrocity has come to be known as the Holocaust, a tragic part of history that will never be forgotten. It was because of that experience, that Elie Wiesel extensively depicted the events he faced through written and verbal accounts including the speech he gave entitled “The Perils of Indifference” on April 12, 1999. The speech was given at the 7th Millennium Evening at the White House, with an intent to create a kairotic moment with the public including the audiences it was broadcasted to, as an opportunity to explain a darker side of history, while also hopefully enlightening them for the future.
Imagine this: You are having a perfect life, nothing is wrong, and you go to the doctors to have your routine blood work. You are not worried, until the doctor comes back with the results. Your platelet count should be 150,000 to 400,000 mcL, but your mcL is actually over a million. This is exactly what happened to Amber, on November 22, 2013, she was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML).(Amber)
Writer, Elie Wiesel in his metaphorical speech “The perils of Indifference” argues that the future will never know the agony of the Holocaust and they will never understand the tragedy of the horrific terror in Germany. Wiesel wants people to not let this happen but at the time many modern genocides that are occurring and people shouldn’t be focused on just the Holocaust, they should focus on making this world a better place; moreover, Wiesel expresses his thoughts about all the genocides that has happen throughout the years. He develops his message through in an horrifying event that took place 54 years ago the day “ The perils of Indifference” was published. Wiesel illustrates the indifferences of good vs evil. He develops this message
“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect men and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.”
One of the most significant achievements of the French Revolution was attacking and changing the class system in France. Although at the end of the French Revolution class barriers still existed, all citizens would be recognized as equals under the law, and the emerging middle class established itself as a new and important part of society. The Way it Was The Ancien Régime means 'Old Order', and it was the way that French society was ordered before the French Revolution.
In truth however, Hitler’s Final Solution was something peculiar in the fact that few people believed that in the 20th Century, when society had reached its intellectual and ethical peak, such genocide was conceivable. Public consensus, along with the media, reassured us that we could no longer return to the Middle Ages. However, the philosophers and prophets of Berlin, with their fine manners and high society, turned into the world’s greatest murderers. The world was silent. One may add, not only silent but in whole passive, sometimes comfortable with what
We spend much of daily lives working. In fact, Americans spend about eight-times as many hours working as they do eating and drinking (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013). Approximately seven in ten Americans report that they experience symptoms of stress (Anderson, Belar, Breckler, Nordal, Ballard, Bufka, Bossolo & Bethune, 2013). Stress is elicited by a variety of psychological stimulus associated with our jobs, our residences, our social interactions, and the activities we engage in (p. 249, Franken, 2007). Many Americans live with the burden of an unsatisfying job as well as a stressful workplace. An online survey of 1,848 people in the United States, conducted by the American Psychological Association, found that 74 percent of