There are many examples of why Night is a genocide according to Eliezer. The perception of Night included many of the eight stages in genocide. The book specifically looks at the stages of dehumanization, symbolization, and preparation. Elie Wiesel shone the truth and perception of what the Holocaust was really like through the character Eliezer Wiesel. He showed the experience through the concentration camps, brutal murders, and beatings. The Natzis were ruthless and did terrible, heartless, and unimaginable things.
Symbolization contains a crucial factor in the Holocaust especially identified in the book Night. Symbolization identifies when names are given or other symbols to the classifications. In the holocaust there was a distinct names …show more content…
Throughout this whole genocide dehumanization was part of the entire process. The Natzis not only made other people believe that Jews were the appalling but made the Jews themselves believe they weren’t as equal. They believed they weren’t normal and not even humanly equal. The Natzis included a lot of practices to dehumanize the jews through beatings, murders, starvation, separation of families, forced labor, and so much more. For example, in Night Section Eight it says, “ He leapt on me, like a wild animal, hitting me in the chest, on the head, throwing me down and pulling me up again, his blows growing more and more violent, until I was covered in blood.” They were forced to do many things but they realized they didn’t have a choice and soon began to think there was no hope. “Then the whole camp, block after block, had to march past the hanged man and stare at the dimmed eyes, the lolling tongue of death. The Kapos and heads of each block forced everyone to look him full in the face.” When the Natzis are beating and murdering shows them dehumanizing the Jews. Another major act of dehumanization was when they were on the train with Madame Schachter. “Once more the young men tied her up and gagged her. They even struck her. People encouraged them.” When she says she sees the fire, everyone tells her to shut up and forcibly detain and beat her into silence. The depressing part is that people cheered them on, which is a major moment when they even look at themselves differently as dehumanization The act of dehumanization has taken a tremendous toll on the events of the
Symbolization contains a crucial factor in the Holocaust especially identified in the book Night. Symbolization identifies when names are given or other symbols to the classifications. In the holocaust there was a distinct names …show more content…
Throughout this whole genocide dehumanization was part of the entire process. The Natzis not only made other people believe that Jews were the appalling but made the Jews themselves believe they weren’t as equal. They believed they weren’t normal and not even humanly equal. The Natzis included a lot of practices to dehumanize the jews through beatings, murders, starvation, separation of families, forced labor, and so much more. For example, in Night Section Eight it says, “ He leapt on me, like a wild animal, hitting me in the chest, on the head, throwing me down and pulling me up again, his blows growing more and more violent, until I was covered in blood.” They were forced to do many things but they realized they didn’t have a choice and soon began to think there was no hope. “Then the whole camp, block after block, had to march past the hanged man and stare at the dimmed eyes, the lolling tongue of death. The Kapos and heads of each block forced everyone to look him full in the face.” When the Natzis are beating and murdering shows them dehumanizing the Jews. Another major act of dehumanization was when they were on the train with Madame Schachter. “Once more the young men tied her up and gagged her. They even struck her. People encouraged them.” When she says she sees the fire, everyone tells her to shut up and forcibly detain and beat her into silence. The depressing part is that people cheered them on, which is a major moment when they even look at themselves differently as dehumanization The act of dehumanization has taken a tremendous toll on the events of the