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.
