Oppressors In Elie Wiesel's Night

We’re Not That Different

Imagine that a group of people walking up to somebody they do not even know, and started treating that person terribly for no reason. These group of people do not have respect for others and attack them and treat them like lower individuals when in reality everyone is the same. While some may claim that oppressors dehumanize their victims for more dominance and satisfaction, others claim that they dehumanize others to have someone to put the blame on. Despite the multiple reasons of why oppressors dehumanize their victims, the actions done by the oppressor are never justifiable because it is just cruel and unusual . In Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, there are many scenes showing the oppressors degrading their victims. …show more content…
This moment showcases how the oppressors dehumanize their victims for satisfaction because by turning the victims against on one another, it made their job easier. By watching them fight with each other it gave the oppressors satisfaction. Another example to why the oppressors find satisfaction by dehumanizing their victims would be that as the story progresses, it is clear that everybody in the camp including Elie had lost their humanity because they are fighting each other like wild animals. When one of the people had successfully gotten a ration of soup, the rest of the group have gotten angry and Elie stated “Jealousy devoured us, consumed us. We never thought to admire him. Poor hero committing suicide for a ration or two or more of soup. In our minds,he was already dead” (Wiesel 59). This proves that the oppressors dehumanize their victims because the prisoners in Auschwitz are turning on one another and not caring for one another. In a situation that they are in, one would think that all of the Jews in the concentration camp would look out for one another, but instead turned against each other, thus making them weaker. Not only that but through these events, and