NIGHT COMMENTARY
In this passage from the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie had been snatched from his home and transported to a concentration camp, in a cattle car. Passage two talks about Elie’s first experience with the Nazis, and the process of how he was treated, and how he felt. This passage shows how a person can be dehumanized by being affected by war and tragedy, it talks about the use of imagery, symbolism, hyperbole, and other literary devices used by the author. The story is told in first person, as it is very important that the reader hears the events happening by a person who has undergone such dehumanizing acts.
Elie’s first moments in the concentration camp, where Elie says that, “‘I no longer was afraid. I was overcome by …show more content…
He says, “‘In one terrifying moment of lucidity, I thought of us as damned souls wandering through the void, souls condemned to wander through space until the end of time, seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either.” A use of a hyperbole can be seen, as Elie, talks about their souls wandering for eternity, in a void. This is important, because being overcome by fatigue, he still has a terrifying moment of lucidity. This Elie has been shown as a very religious boy, and in Judaism, they believe in an afterlife, and redemption. This moment indicates that this was the first time he doubted the absolute justice of God.
In the morning after Elie and the others arrived at the camp, they were taken outside the barracks and beaten, Elie describes this as, “‘The Kapos were beating us again, but I no longer felt the pain.’” The people were being treated as animals, and because of the inability to feel anything, they feel no pain, despite being beaten. This shows another example of dehumanization, and that they were just a body, and no soul inside, to think or stand up for …show more content…
He says, “‘A barrel of foul-smelling liquid stood by the door. Disinfection. Everybody soaked in it.’” The word disinfection is a one-word sentence. This has been used to emphasize what it means. Disinfectants are usually used for cleaning toilets, and other non-living objects, and is used to kill bacteria. To use it on humans, shows the disregard for the Jews, as they were seen as pests, and that they were filled with disease. Everyone was soaked in the disinfectant. This indicates that the Jews had been dehumanized to the point where they couldn’t care less about what happened to them, as long as they were
In this passage from the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie had been snatched from his home and transported to a concentration camp, in a cattle car. Passage two talks about Elie’s first experience with the Nazis, and the process of how he was treated, and how he felt. This passage shows how a person can be dehumanized by being affected by war and tragedy, it talks about the use of imagery, symbolism, hyperbole, and other literary devices used by the author. The story is told in first person, as it is very important that the reader hears the events happening by a person who has undergone such dehumanizing acts.
Elie’s first moments in the concentration camp, where Elie says that, “‘I no longer was afraid. I was overcome by …show more content…
He says, “‘In one terrifying moment of lucidity, I thought of us as damned souls wandering through the void, souls condemned to wander through space until the end of time, seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either.” A use of a hyperbole can be seen, as Elie, talks about their souls wandering for eternity, in a void. This is important, because being overcome by fatigue, he still has a terrifying moment of lucidity. This Elie has been shown as a very religious boy, and in Judaism, they believe in an afterlife, and redemption. This moment indicates that this was the first time he doubted the absolute justice of God.
In the morning after Elie and the others arrived at the camp, they were taken outside the barracks and beaten, Elie describes this as, “‘The Kapos were beating us again, but I no longer felt the pain.’” The people were being treated as animals, and because of the inability to feel anything, they feel no pain, despite being beaten. This shows another example of dehumanization, and that they were just a body, and no soul inside, to think or stand up for …show more content…
He says, “‘A barrel of foul-smelling liquid stood by the door. Disinfection. Everybody soaked in it.’” The word disinfection is a one-word sentence. This has been used to emphasize what it means. Disinfectants are usually used for cleaning toilets, and other non-living objects, and is used to kill bacteria. To use it on humans, shows the disregard for the Jews, as they were seen as pests, and that they were filled with disease. Everyone was soaked in the disinfectant. This indicates that the Jews had been dehumanized to the point where they couldn’t care less about what happened to them, as long as they were