Mariah Atkinson

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26 July, 18:28

Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore,

indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the

aggressor - never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he

or she feels forgotten. The political prisoner in his cell, the hungry

children, the homeless refugees - not to respond to their plight,

not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope is to

exile them from human memory. And in denying their humanity,

we betray our own.

Which part of this excerpt best contributes to Wiesel's central argument that it is

wrong to be indifferent to human suffering?

A. The political prisoner in his cell, the hungry children, the homeless

refugees

B. And in denying their humanity, we betray our own

C. Suffering is never relieved by indifference,

Ο Ο

D. Indifference elicits no response.