Throughout Night, Wiesel’s humanity is constantly being chipped away and reduced by the Nazis’ treatment. As Wiesel enters Auschwitz, his humanity is considerably changed. Him and the other Jews are herded like cattle, shaved, stripped down, disinfected and put in bare living conditions (Wiesel 35, 36). This treatment batters Wiesel’s humanity down close to nothing; as if he were a wild animal. He is fed little food and has to scrounge what he can from around the camp, much like a mouse would. Aside from this treatment altering his humanity, it is also changed as a result of his emotional being. Wiesel felt like his “soul had been invaded ― and devoured ― by a black flame” (Wiesel 37). The duress that he is subjected to has damaged his soul
