Perils of Indifference

The word "peril" means ...

• anger

• danger

• indifference

• compassion

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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This word means "not caring about something or someone."

• peril

• holocaust

• indifference

• soldier

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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Elie Wiesel is credible because...

• He lived to be an old man.

• He was a Jewish person and a writer.

• He wrote a speech about indifference.

• He experienced the terrible effects of indifference.

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CCSS.W.9-10.1

Why does Elie Wiesel say that indifference is "a strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness...?"

• This means that indifference makes it hard for people to see right from wrong.

• This means that people cannot see in the darkness.

• This means that indifference is light and dark.

• This means that indifference is normal behavior.

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What is the literary term for using opposite ideas next to each other?

Example: light and darkness, good and evil

• connotation

• simile

• juxtaposition

• pathos

Wiesel said that indifference can be tempting (attractive)? Why?

• because it is hard to get involved in other people's problems.

• because people don't care about other people's problems.

• because people are not kind to others

• because people are very busy in their own lives

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Wiesel says that anger is better than indifference. Why?

• because indifference is a strange and unnatural state

• because indifference is the opposite of humanity

• because if someone is angry, they may take an action or create something as a result

• because indifference is tempting (attractive)

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to Wiesel, indifference benefits the aggressor. What does this mean?

• If people are indifferent, the aggressor can continue his/her bad behavior.

• If people are indifferent, maybe they will be creative.

• If people are indifferent, they may fight for change.

• If people are indifferent, they will not have gratitude.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

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Wiesel says that when people are forgotten, their pain is magnified. What does this mean?

• People want to be forgotten by others.

• People feel worse when they think that others have forgotten them.

• We should never forget the Holocaust.

• Society tries to forget bad things from the past.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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The central idea of the speech is...

• Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust and the concentration camps.

• Elie Wiesel had a difficult life but he lived to be an old man.

• Elie Wiesel challenges the world to consider the impact of indifference

• Elie Wiesel wants to thank the American people for freeing him.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2