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"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
-Elie Wiesel
We have read Night and have extensively discussed the issues surrounding the Holocaust. When writing the reflective essay, please keep in mind Wiesel's warning about how indifference allows inhumanity to exist and destroy lives. Remember that you have a responsibility to help those who are less fortunate. Whether you live in the United States or another country, you are a part of the human race, and it is your duty as a humanitarian to speak out for those who have no voice. I hope the novel has moved you to examine your own humanity so that you can make a difference in a world that can often be cruel and unjust. Remember, one person can make a difference.
For further investigation of examples of "Genocide" throughout history and around the world, click on the highlighted word ("Genocide").
Glossary of Holocaust Terms
Extended Reading:
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Alicia Appleman-Jurman, Alicia, My Story
Robert C. O'Brien, Z for Zachariah
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