Dehumanization Can Change Everything
Being Jewish or being at a concentration camp is like living hell. “Night” by Elie Wiesel was punished in 1960. The book was mainly about this twelve year old boy who was taken from his old life to go to a concentration camp. He lost his family, and all he has left is his father. He has to see so much dehumanizing things throughout this book. Dehumanization is one huge theme throughout this book.
The concentration camp can turn you from being the old you to making you do things you would have never done. After seeing someone die right in front of you, you go off to go eat and you enjoy it how disturbing is that. “I remember that I found the soup excellent that evening” (60). He just finished seeing someone die and he’s enjoying his soup like nothing ever happened. The concentration camp has changed him being a person who cared to not caring if someone dies or lives.
Someone once said “you can’t unsee what you see”. I …show more content…
Instead of knowing your name you were given a number and you will answer and go by that number. “One day when we had just come back from the warehouse, I was sent for by the secretary of the block. A-7713? That’s me” (49). As you can see they don't call him by his name but a number. We go through life wishing and telling people what we want to be called and knowing Elie or all the Jews for that matter couldn’t. The whole time they were there they were known as a number and that’s it.
In conclusion, dehumanization is one huge theme in this book as you can see. Elie has seen things you shouldn’t be seeing in your lifetime. After seeing someone die right in front of you, seeing babies used as targets and given a number that will identify you is all things that will forever scar you. No one should have to see or face the things Elie had
Being Jewish or being at a concentration camp is like living hell. “Night” by Elie Wiesel was punished in 1960. The book was mainly about this twelve year old boy who was taken from his old life to go to a concentration camp. He lost his family, and all he has left is his father. He has to see so much dehumanizing things throughout this book. Dehumanization is one huge theme throughout this book.
The concentration camp can turn you from being the old you to making you do things you would have never done. After seeing someone die right in front of you, you go off to go eat and you enjoy it how disturbing is that. “I remember that I found the soup excellent that evening” (60). He just finished seeing someone die and he’s enjoying his soup like nothing ever happened. The concentration camp has changed him being a person who cared to not caring if someone dies or lives.
Someone once said “you can’t unsee what you see”. I …show more content…
Instead of knowing your name you were given a number and you will answer and go by that number. “One day when we had just come back from the warehouse, I was sent for by the secretary of the block. A-7713? That’s me” (49). As you can see they don't call him by his name but a number. We go through life wishing and telling people what we want to be called and knowing Elie or all the Jews for that matter couldn’t. The whole time they were there they were known as a number and that’s it.
In conclusion, dehumanization is one huge theme in this book as you can see. Elie has seen things you shouldn’t be seeing in your lifetime. After seeing someone die right in front of you, seeing babies used as targets and given a number that will identify you is all things that will forever scar you. No one should have to see or face the things Elie had