Examples Of Dehumanization In Night

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Forever stuck in the darkness 2013-12-13 In life, people who put principles before individuals are people who hate others. They don’t care much how well it works, just about how right it is… they may even like it better if it inflicts enough pain. In our society such people exist, and these people are known to dehumanize others. The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel is a good example that well represents dehumanization of mankind. This demonstrates dehumanization of the Jewish population by Hitler and his army, the loss of faith and faith of an entire race, Jews turning their backs against and killing their brothers and sisters, and the destruction of father-son relationships are results of being exposed to inhuman cruelty for too long. Firstly, during the 1930’s Hitler was…show more content…
The train ride took off with a hundred men, however by the time it reached its destination only twelve had survived. The others had been killed for food and other necessities. Elie said “How could I forget that concert given to an audience of dying and dead men,” (pg.90). Referring to the unbelievable situation he had just gone through and witnessed. This was the consequences of the dehumanization of Jews, it made them become horrible human beings towards each other, and they killed without a second thought, were disrespectful, apathetic and had also lost all sensibility to each other. Another demonstration of how cold hearted the Jewish had become, is when the killed Juliek the violinist, by tramping him to death when he played. “It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow… He played as he would never play again...When I awoke, in the daylight, I could see Juliek, opposite me, slumped over, dead” said Eleizer . No one had any sense of empathy for the boy, no one tried to help or save him. They did not car for anyone but themselves, it was a war for survival and nobody wanted to
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