One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.” (109)
Elie Wiesel's Night shows the mental and physical horror bestowed upon them. Night demonstrates the importance of fighting dehumanization by recognizing the oppression early, informing the people, and enlisting bystanders to resist.
The Nazis’ slowly worsening oppression of the Jews, demonstrates the importance of recognizing oppressors in a society quickly and not allowing them to gain traction. For instance, “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it.” (9) when the Nazis’s begin to seperate the people by symbols, it results in the Jews optimism. They think that what the Nazis’ are doing isn't all that bad, but if they had become aware …show more content…
The Nazis slowly progressed down maslow's hierarchy of needs slowly taking away the basic needs of the Jews. First they took their self actualization needs, then their psychological needs, after then they take away their love and belonging “ Women to the Right, Men to the left.”(29) Then they took away their safety. After that they took away all their basic rights food, sleep, water. This allowed them to slowly take over but if they The dehumanized need to trust the red-army and All who fight for their rights to succeed. “The Red Army is advancing with Giant strides ... Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to.” (8) The non-oppressed need to recognize when things will start to get worse. Yes, we even doubted his resolve to exterminate us. (8)
Few books have better depicted the true horrors of dehumanization and what it can cause people to do to each other. Elie Wiesel's Night demonstrates the importance of fighting dehumanization by recognizing the oppression early, informing the people, and enlisting bystanders to resist. Ensuring someone's safety allows them to be creative which then allows them to seek out knowledge which then makes them less susceptible to dehumanization by stopping oppressive ideas before they gain
Elie Wiesel's Night shows the mental and physical horror bestowed upon them. Night demonstrates the importance of fighting dehumanization by recognizing the oppression early, informing the people, and enlisting bystanders to resist.
The Nazis’ slowly worsening oppression of the Jews, demonstrates the importance of recognizing oppressors in a society quickly and not allowing them to gain traction. For instance, “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it.” (9) when the Nazis’s begin to seperate the people by symbols, it results in the Jews optimism. They think that what the Nazis’ are doing isn't all that bad, but if they had become aware …show more content…
The Nazis slowly progressed down maslow's hierarchy of needs slowly taking away the basic needs of the Jews. First they took their self actualization needs, then their psychological needs, after then they take away their love and belonging “ Women to the Right, Men to the left.”(29) Then they took away their safety. After that they took away all their basic rights food, sleep, water. This allowed them to slowly take over but if they The dehumanized need to trust the red-army and All who fight for their rights to succeed. “The Red Army is advancing with Giant strides ... Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to.” (8) The non-oppressed need to recognize when things will start to get worse. Yes, we even doubted his resolve to exterminate us. (8)
Few books have better depicted the true horrors of dehumanization and what it can cause people to do to each other. Elie Wiesel's Night demonstrates the importance of fighting dehumanization by recognizing the oppression early, informing the people, and enlisting bystanders to resist. Ensuring someone's safety allows them to be creative which then allows them to seek out knowledge which then makes them less susceptible to dehumanization by stopping oppressive ideas before they gain