Elie Wiesel's (1958), Night book, paints a vivid picture of the horror and inhumane actions against the Jews and other minorities during the Holocaust. Elie provides an account of the horrific atrocities that were bestowed upon him, love ones and many others. Throughout the reading of the Night, the idea that people could inflict such demoralizing and horrific acts upon another human being became difficult to grasp. In the camp, the Jews are subject to beatings and repeated humiliations (Elie, 1958). Pondering on the notion that human genocides have been part of history and that this horrific part of history has repeated itself throughout the world several times frightens me. How could we understand the world around us? Or How can we look
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The notion of how vulnerable the world is to such evil atrocities is terrifying. In addition, a sense of awareness has become present. For that reason, disregarding the notion that we are all susceptible to such evil acts is just difficult to disregard. As a result, understanding what goes around in the world has become a priority. It is important that we must all understand what happens in other countries because we are all connected in some ways. Therefore, when genocides take place in other countries there is a chance that our military forces at some point will interfere. Therefore, affecting our country in a very direct …show more content…
After reading the Night and hearing about other stories related to genocides it is important to think about ways on how to prevent genocides in the future. Although there is not elusive way to intervene in order to stop a genocide once, it is in the extermination stage there are ways to teach citizens, religious entities and political forces how to be alert and recognize the important predictive factors that can lead a country to a genocide. Knowing how to recognize the main predictive factors allow civilians, police force, religious entities, and political forces to become active during the early stages of a genocide by working collectively on prevention strategies. It is imperative to maintain a level of attentiveness to what is happening in our
The notion of how vulnerable the world is to such evil atrocities is terrifying. In addition, a sense of awareness has become present. For that reason, disregarding the notion that we are all susceptible to such evil acts is just difficult to disregard. As a result, understanding what goes around in the world has become a priority. It is important that we must all understand what happens in other countries because we are all connected in some ways. Therefore, when genocides take place in other countries there is a chance that our military forces at some point will interfere. Therefore, affecting our country in a very direct …show more content…
After reading the Night and hearing about other stories related to genocides it is important to think about ways on how to prevent genocides in the future. Although there is not elusive way to intervene in order to stop a genocide once, it is in the extermination stage there are ways to teach citizens, religious entities and political forces how to be alert and recognize the important predictive factors that can lead a country to a genocide. Knowing how to recognize the main predictive factors allow civilians, police force, religious entities, and political forces to become active during the early stages of a genocide by working collectively on prevention strategies. It is imperative to maintain a level of attentiveness to what is happening in our