Question

No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.
-Elie Wiesel, Nobel prize acceptance speech, 1986
Who is Wiesel referring to in this passage?
A. The people who live in Israel
B. The soldiers who fought in world war ll
C. The people who died in the holocaust
D. The members of the Nobel committee

Answer 1

Here's a passage regarding it. Try and find the answer ;)

Wiesel uses pathos to try and get the reader to understand what he is saying, and connnect to what he is feeling. Wiesel says, "No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. And yet, I sense their presence. I always do - and at this moment more than ever. The presence of my parents, that of my little sister. The presence of my teachers, my friends, my companions...(5)." He is connecting with the audience by using the examples of his friends and family; they are personal. Wiesel attempts to help the audience empathize with the issue of the world remaining silent and forgetting when a crisis, such as the Holocaust occurs.

Answer 2

Oh thanks a lot! :D

Answer 3

Yup :)