Every human has a different reaction to a different situation and are stimulated to do unruly things when provoked. People of the Jewish community during World War II were extremely discriminated against, and many were sent to death camps just for believing in Judaism. These extreme conditions caused Jews to make rash decisions they usually would not have done. The conditions also caused Jews to help one another and show heroism and kindness towards the people of their religion. Not only did disaster cause unlikely behavior during World War II, but is also evident in modern day. Both gallant and violent acts were exemplified in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel and may have been out of the ordinary for a particular person to pursue. Normal people of the Jewish community showed negative reactions due to inhumane treatment set forth by the Nazis of Germany. Although it may have been acceptable considering the surroundings they were enduring, if they were in their right mindset and not fighting for their survival, these normal people most likely would not have been cruel towards their peers. Nutritional deficits induced this diabolic behavior and when given food “dozens of starving men fought each other for a few crumbs” (Wiesel 73). These people who were brutally deprived of necessities began fighting each …show more content…
Extremely hostile environments forced people to make fast decisions that could have been right or wrong. In some, their conscious came through, but in others their bodies needs were greater than their minds. Everyone is different and everyone deals with devastation in their own way. Although many people made decisions during the Holocaust and in present day that they may regret or be proud of now, they should never have been put through this experience just because of their religion or any other beliefs they may
According to the definition, inhumane is described as an individual without compassion for misery or sufferings. The novel Night by the author Elie Wiesel, illustrates some aspects of inhumanity throughout the book. It is evident in the novel that when full power is given to operate without restraint, the person in power becomes inhumane. There are many examples of inhumanity in this novel. For instance, "Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky." Through this quote Elie is explaining his first night at camp and what he saw will be in his head forever - unforgettable. In my opinion, the section in the novel when the Germans throw the babies into the chimney is very inhuman. An individual must feel no sympathy or feelings in order to take such a disturbing action. In addition to that "For more than half an hour stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed." This is also very inhumane example since the child's weight wasn’t enough to snap his neck when he was hung and so he is slowly dying painful death as all Jewish people walk by him, being forced to watch the cruelty.
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, is an account about his experience through concentration camps and death marches during WWII. In 1944, fifteen year old Wiesel was one of the many Jews forced onto cattle cars and sent to death and labor camps. Their personal rights were taken from them, as they were treated like animals. Millions of men, women, children, Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, disabled people, and Slavic people had to face the horrors the Nazi’s had planned for them. Many people witnessed and lived through beatings, murders, and humiliations. Throughout the memoir, Wiesel demonstrates how oppression and dehumanization can affect one’s identity by describing the actions of the Nazis and how it changed the Jewish
After reading your novel, Night, I felt a mix of sadness and anger. The cruelty of the Nazi regime to the innocent Jewish people is a crime that cannot be forgotten because, as you said, it is like a victory for the Nazis when their crimes are erased from human memory. One of the most shocking scenes from the novel occurs near the beginning, where babies are being burned by the truckload. Children too young to resist burned alive because they could not work in the camps. I cannot even imagine how it must have felt to the mothers and fathers of those children to watch that. Another shocking scene was when the train was going to WHEEERE, and the dead were thrown out of the train. After suffering and when faced with harsh conditions, people were
The author of Night is Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor. The book is the story of his time in the camp, as he stayed in the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp for most of his time. Elie Wiesel’s goal is to prevent anything like this from happening again. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He has other books as well focusing on Jews and his recovery from his experiences.
Revenge is any harmful action to someone or something that creates negative feelings within a person. A multitude of people choose not to act upon revenge on account of it not seeming worth the time, while others simply determine not to take action since they believe there will always be a “new beginning.” Ultimately, revenge is all about the mindset. Through studies about Judaism, Jew’s love, hope and wish for new beginnings is apparent. A major Jewish tradition is to begin a new day at sunset, which leads to the thought of “each day is a new day”. The saying “each day is a new day” leaves no room for revenge, it simply means move on in hopes of a bigger and brighter future. In Night, the final page explains that no one thought of revenge
“Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can lead to increased violence, human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide” (beyond). Dehumanization is something that has been occurring in the world for centuries and has never truly gone away. In Elie Wiesel’s book Night, due to all the abuse and dehumanization that these people endured their mindsets began to change and they began losing sight of who they really were.
In the book Night, written by Elie Wiesel, according to article five “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman”. “Elie Wiesel received 25 lashes after witnessing Idek and a polish girl fornicating. Elie Wiesel and his family were sent off to a concentration camp. When they got there, they got there a man told Elie Wiesel to say he is 18 years old and he told Elie Wiesel’s father to say that he is 40 years old so the SS sargent would not split them up. Elie and his father were split up from Elie’s mother and sisters. Elie’s mother and sisters were sent to the fields with the sick people. In article three, Elie Wiesel, his father and other men had to strip naked down to their belt and shoes. The people tossed the babies up in the air because they were
The loud sounds of heavy, sharp metal chains clinking against each other. Gloomy, dark skies as you walk in single file lines. A lightning quick strike following cracking sounds ruffles the air. “March Faster” an s.s guard umbers. Human rights are automatic individual rights we are all granted at birth, according to the UDHR which is the official document of human rights. In 1940 of Germany most of these rights were violated. With the many years that the world has fought so hard for equality, people shouldn’t be able to take it away like candy from a baby, which is why the rights of freedom from discrimination, torture, and slavery were violated in the book Night.
In the book Night the Nazis took the Jews of Europe and put them in concentration camps. While the Jews were in the concentration camps the Nazis used the process of dehumanization on the Jews to make them seem like just things instead of actual people. There are three different ways the Nazis dehumanized the Jews; The Nazis transported the Jews in cattle cars, The Nazis tattooed numbers on the Jews arms, and finally the Nazis made all the Jews seem and look the same.
In the book Night by Elie Eiesel, were the Jews dehumanized, down graded or treated cruelly? Yes, yes they were for numerous amounts of times. Night takes place in the time period of World War 2 or in what some people call, living hell or darkness. Wiesel himself a noble peace prize winner experienced what it is to be in a concentration camp. As well he decided to take a stand and be heard, for this tragedy to never happen again in a lifetime. The book itself is to honor all those who survived and their children.
In the middle of the book, the inhumane treatment of the Jews had gotten worse and the Jewish people faith in God has disappeared because prays weren’t answered. In the book night a man starting asking “Where is God now?” And I heard a voice within me answer him: “Where is He? Here He is—He is hanging here on this gallows. . . . ” (Wisel 65). It show how the Jewish people have loosed their faith in god and continuously question God. In the book Night, it shows us an example of the mistreatment of the Jews, “He leapt on me, like a wild animal, hitting me on the chest, on the head as I was biting my lips to stop myself from screaming with pain.” (Wisel 39). Wiesel knew if he screamed out it would only make Idek hit him harder than necessary,
The passage above features concepts of loss, fate, and survival in Night by Elie Wiesel. It is a significant line (section) because it shows how ready Elie was to give up everything so that he could stay with his father. He knew that one of the paths was the undesirable one that would lead to the crematorium, but he didn't let that affect his decision. This demonstrates loss because he wasn't ready to leave his father, so he gave up his chance at survival to stay with him. He had already lost both his mother and his sister. This also demonstrates a sense of survival because Elie was doing all he could to help himself and his father make it to the end of the war together. Elie’s determination and willingness helped him get through the war alive.
Terry Pratchett once said that, “Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” There is a lot of hate and prejudice against the Germans because of their actions as Nazis in World War 2, and some of that hate is justified. In Night, Nazis treated the Jews as objects; indifferent about their feelings, and forced the Jews into harsh labor and living conditions. Elie Wiesel and his father, Shlomo Wiesel, are Jews who lived in Sighet, they lived peacefully but, then were forced into working in concentration camps when Nazis tried to conquer Europe. Elie and his father experienced the horrors of the Nazi regime. They watched as countless of their friends and fellow Jews passed away or were killed by the Nazis through the use of crematories or gas chambers. Elie also witnessed the product of inhumanity: the turning of people into animals; people fighting over pieces of food for survival, and the transformation of Elie himself. Elie’s experiences in Night represent the dehumanization of humans through ownership and the loss of freedom, and result of acts of inhumanity against humans.
Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw, once said, “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.” Inhumanity is mankind’s worse attribute. Every so often, ordinary humans are driven to the point were they have no choice but to think of themselves. One of the most famous example used today is the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night demonstrates how fear is a debilitating force that causes people to lose sight of who they once were. After being forced into concentration camps, Elie was rudely awakened into reality. Traumatizing incidents such as Nazi persecution or even the mistreatment among fellow prisoners pushed Elie to realize the cruelty around him; Or even the wickedness Elie himself is capable of doing. This resulted in the loss of faith, innocence, and the close bonds with others.
“ Men to the Left! Woman to the Right!” These were some of the first words that Eliezer, only 15 at the time, when the train stopped in Auschwitz. This is where the story of Eliezer’s began, or at least where the horrors of his story began. Just within the couple hours of him being in the Concentration Camp, he was separated from his mother and sister, Tzipora. Even though he was separated from his mother and sister, he was with his dad and would leave his dad’s side, even if he was dying.No matter what he was experiencing, he always wanted to have his family nearby to aid him in the Horrors that were Hitler's regime. He was there to experience all of it, and with his father by his side. Back at his home in Sighet, his relationship with his father was not that good. His father was always in public business or private company business. Even though the horrors continued, he gained a relationship with his father that he would of had before back at