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And our only miserable consolation was that we believed

that Auschwitz and Treblinka were closely guarded secrets; that the leaders of the free world did not know what was going on behind those black gates and barbed wire; that they had no knowledge of the war against the Jews that Hitler's armies and their accomplices waged as part of the war against the Allies.

If they knew, we thought, surely those leaders would have moved heaven and earth to intervene. They would have spoken out with great outrage and conviction. They would have bombed the railways leading to Birkenau, just the railways, just once.

-Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference, 1999

Which sentence best explains how Wiesel uses pathos in this passage?
A. He establishes his credibility by explaining his "great outrage and conviction."

B. He uses concrete images like "black gates and barbed wire that create strong emotion.

C. He gives specific examples like "Hitler's armies and their accomplices to provide evidence.

D. He gives the names of "Auschwitz and Treblinka," two known concentration camps.

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Answer:

He uses concrete images like "black gates and barbed wire that create strong emotion.

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