Adolf Hitler's Alienation In Night By Elie Wiesel

Arthur Miller said that “Without alienation, there can be no politics”. He believes that alienation is a critical component of politics. Another person with similar views on alienation is Adolf Hitler. Hitler started the Holocaust, which killed many Jews. Night by Elie Wiesel describes the author’s life during the Holocaust. The alienation of Elie Wiesel reveals how the moral values of the German society shifted by becoming easily persuaded, inhumane, and psychopathic. The German society is very easily persuaded during Hitler’s reign. Before Adolf Hitler was elected as the leader of Germany, the presence of the Jews ¨ bothered no one¨ ( Wiesel 34). The Jews are treated as normal citizens and even mingle with non-Jewish Germans. The German’s view on Jews changes very quickly after Hitler is brought into power. They start to treat Jews horribly because of Hitler’s influence. The German society treats Elie and the other Jews like “a pack of leprous dogs” (99). The Germans suddenly adopt Hitler’s beliefs and started to treat Jews very poorly. They were described as horrible humans by Elie. The sudden change of moral values in the German society reveals that the Germans were very …show more content…
The author realizes that “men, women, and children were being burned” (88). Jews would be burned if they were too old or too young to work. They would be burned when they arrived at Auschwitz. This shows psychopathy because they were burning human beings, which no normal people would do. The Germans also force the campers at Auschwitz to run until they “ didn’t have the strength to [run anymore]” (194). The Jews are forced to run for eight hours straight after the main camp is attacked by the Nazi resistance. This shows psychopathy because they force humans to do something until they physically could not continue and collapsed. The horrible treatment of the Jews reveals that the Germans are