In this speech, Wiesel states,"we must take sides" when witnessing oppression. Why? Discuss why oppression can be fueled by those who remain neutral and silent. Use specific quotes from Wiesel’s speech to support your argument. Use evidence to support your answer.

Answer and Explanation:

The reason why we must never stay silent in the face of oppression, as Wiesel explains, is that the oppressor who never suffers the consequences of his actions will never stop hurting others. When we remain silent, we fuel oppression by simply giving the oppressor the liberty to do whatever he chooses - discriminate, hurt, or even kill. When we say nothing, it is as if we are not paying attention to the atrocities being done. It is as if we are condoning with them, accepting them as an unchangeable reality:

"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

By speaking up, we draw other people's attention to the issue. The more people paying attention, the more likely the oppressor is to be held accountable for his actions. Once the oppressor realizes he can suffer consequences, he stops. Perhaps we will never get to change the oppressor's heart - perhaps he will always be an unfair, prejudiced person -, but we can at least keep him from hurting others.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.