Elie Wiesel Night And Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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Audre Lorde once said “Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.” Dehumanization and Alienation are the ways people are forgotten and left out. Elie Wiesel Night, and Franz Kafka “ Metamorphosis” both show alienation and dehumanization. For years dehumanization and alienation played a major impact in our world. We live in a time that people forget the human aspect in human beings.
In “Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka shows a lot of alienation examples. Gregor alienated himself from the world once he turned into an insect. The author states, ” His room, a proper human room, although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls.” He shuts himself

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