How Does Inhumanity Cause People To Become Evil

Whether or not inhumanity causes a person to become evil, it been a debatable topic. Some may believe that the acts of inhumanity makes people stronger, but the acts of inhumanity have shown devastating impacts on its survivors. Inhumanity is an extreme cruelty and brutal behavior towards a group of people or person. One significant example of inhumanity is the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a time in history where great acts of inhumanity were committed towards Jews. Night illustrates the idea that inhumanity influences a person to develop change become evil. Inhumanity does cause people to become evil because the cruelty and insanity causes them to become an inconsiderate individual who lacks a sense of identity.

Being treated in an inhumane way will impact people causing them to lose their sense of humanity. As noted on page 101, Elie states “ Meir, my little Mier! Don’t you recognize me...You’re killing your father...I have bread...for you too… He collapsed… groaned and died”( Wiesel pg.101). This implies that the prisoners cared more about their survival than even their loved ones. This shows an example of one of the prisoners being cruel for his own survival. This is significant because

it shows the inconsiderate aspect of prisoners after acts of inhumanity had been committed towards them. This evidence proves that inhumanity does make a person evil, by causing them to do some inconsiderate things, such as being inhumane towards others. Therefore inhumanity makes people evil by making them an inconsiderate person, and cause them to lose their sense of humanity.
The insanity and acts of inhumanity that surrounds a person, will eventually influence someone to become an inconsiderate and evil character. As “ Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment” points out “ Within hours of beginning the experiment some guards began to harass prisoners. They behaved in a brutal and sadistic manner, apparently enjoying it”( McLeod, paragraph 7). This quote means that the guards developed cruel tactics and began harassing the prisoners as early as the beginning of the experiment. This is an important idea because it shows that the guards started acting cruel and inconsiderate after they were placed in the position they were. This shows the position someone is in can cause them to lose their identity and become their position, just as the guards did. This connects to how inhumanity causes a person to become evil, by influencing them to lose their sense of identity.
On the other hand, others believe that the acts of inhumanity doesn’t make a person evil, but it makes them stronger. “ Can Suffering Make Us Stronger? The Positive effects of Turmoil and Trauma” asserts that “ initially most of them experienced a ‘dark night of the soul’. Where their previous values were thrown into question, and life ceased to have any meaning” ( Taylor paragraph 4). In other words, after people experienced with such suffering, they spent a period during their life, where life didn’t mean anything. This is significant because the suffering has impacted as a person and their identity, making them think life isn’t worth living , although they survived their tragedies. This might cause people to stop living , because the lost what they previously stood for after their tragedy. This confirms that inhumanity does change people, impacting people lose their identity, thus it would be difficult to become strong after enduring a tragedy. Therefore, inhumanity doesn’t make people stronger, because inhumanity has a long lasting impact on people and their identity.
All in all, inhumanity has a great impact on a person’s cruelty and evilness.

Inhumanity causes people to become inconsiderate and lose their sense of humanity and their sense of identity. Some believe inhumanity makes people stronger, but the tragedy that occurs with inhumanity causes people to feel as if their life has no meaning. “Night” demonstrates the effects of inhumanity through Elie’s experience. Generally speaking, dealing with inhumanity will eventually cause a person to become inhumane themselves. All things considerate, inhumanity occurs everyday, it if inhumanity doesn’t cease to exist the world would be filled with inconsiderate inhumane people. After all, the evil within a person is significantly influenced by the inhumanity a person endured in their

lifetime.