However, he doesn’t directly refer to not being indifferent. In his speech, the word indifferent comes up numerous times. “So much violence, so much indifference”(Perils of Indifference). From the title alone, I can tell what his speech is about. When I read the book, a number of different themes came to mind, though to be honest, to avoid being indifferent was not at the top of the list. It was not what I first thought the theme was. I thought that the speech more clearly explained what Elie’s message was. “What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil”(Perils of
However, he doesn’t directly refer to not being indifferent. In his speech, the word indifferent comes up numerous times. “So much violence, so much indifference”(Perils of Indifference). From the title alone, I can tell what his speech is about. When I read the book, a number of different themes came to mind, though to be honest, to avoid being indifferent was not at the top of the list. It was not what I first thought the theme was. I thought that the speech more clearly explained what Elie’s message was. “What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil”(Perils of