Examples Of Dehumanization In Boy In The Striped Pajamas And Night

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Symbols of Dehumanization and Alienation Around the world, people have been dehumanized and alienated. Dehumanization is the act of stripping people of many qualities that make them human. Alienation is isolating someone from the rest of a group because they don’t belong. The stories The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Night have symbols that represent dehumanization and alienation. The story The Boy in the Striped Pajamas shows symbolism that represents dehumanization. One of the main characters is a Jewish boy named Shmuel, that befriends a German soldier's son Bruno. Bruno and Shmuel meet and become friends despite a fence separating them. This fence is a symbol from the story that dehumanized Jews. Fences are generally used to keep something

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