"Dehumanization of the concrete historical fact is not given destiny but the results of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed." (Paulo Freire) Night is written by Ellie Wiesel is his memoir but more about what he experienced during the Holocaust. Elie tells the story of being in the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwalk around the end of the second world war. One of Wiesels' strengths and 90 is to show the full case of dehumanization. Dehumanization is a statement of facts because if you realize how messed up it is, you can realize how horrible humans can be to one another. Weasel shows the true horror of the dehumanization in actions that Nazis took towards Jewish people prior to extermination. The tattooing of numbers on the
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If one were to fall during the run "a quick shot and eliminated the filthy dog" (85). They didn't care whether you needed help or not they just eliminated you like if you were some flee-ridden dogs. After a while everyone who survive so far was put on a train to travel to Gleiwitz. Once arriving at their destination, "the dead remained in the yard, under the snow without even a marker" (92). They weren't given a proper funeral in a cemetery. Elie gives us few compassion moments with the Nazis for instance when they gave the Jews the advice to try to get some color when the selection came upon them. And another when they gave him the advice to lie about his age. Humans can be so inhumanly cruel to other humans. Dehumanization describes the denial of "humanness" to other people. We still see dehumanization today and maybe in the future too, Donald Trump is planning on moving all Mexican related people back to Mexico. Who knows how that will turn maybe it'll end up being similar to the extermination of Jews in
If one were to fall during the run "a quick shot and eliminated the filthy dog" (85). They didn't care whether you needed help or not they just eliminated you like if you were some flee-ridden dogs. After a while everyone who survive so far was put on a train to travel to Gleiwitz. Once arriving at their destination, "the dead remained in the yard, under the snow without even a marker" (92). They weren't given a proper funeral in a cemetery. Elie gives us few compassion moments with the Nazis for instance when they gave the Jews the advice to try to get some color when the selection came upon them. And another when they gave him the advice to lie about his age. Humans can be so inhumanly cruel to other humans. Dehumanization describes the denial of "humanness" to other people. We still see dehumanization today and maybe in the future too, Donald Trump is planning on moving all Mexican related people back to Mexico. Who knows how that will turn maybe it'll end up being similar to the extermination of Jews in