Dehumanization

“Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my god and turned my dreams to ashes” (Wiesel, 34). Dehumanization is the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities. In his book “Night”, Eli Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, dehumanizes Jewish prisoners through the loss of personal identity, brutal living conditions they endured, and how everyone was primarily focused on their own well-being. “I became A-7713 from then on, I had no other name” This quote mainly highlights when

Elie opens his readers’ eyes to the harshness of the Holocaust. Amongst the many symbols Wiesel focusses on, the most important is dehumanization. Elie Wiesel uses dehumanization to remind the readers that if people today are not careful, they could easily become just as animalistic and cruel as those who suffered during the Holocaust. The symbol of dehumanization develops and expands continuously over time and gradually becomes more complex. This idea first comes up on page 17 in the story. “They

The American Civil War stood as the bloodiest domestic war in US history. The events preceding and following this event tor a nation’s ideals apart. The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison acknowledges the hardship and dehumanization of slaves at that time. Thus identifying the reader, linking them emotionally into the dark history of the United States. Progressively this helps define the basis of what is the American Identity. Toni Morrison’s perception of “what it means to be an American” is defined

the theme that everyone should be treated equally no matter their culture and religion and they should not be belittled over what they believe in. Wiesel uses the motif of dogs compared to humans in a careless tone in chapter 2. This focusses on dehumanization because the germans always would make the jews feel as if they were nothing and they would brutally break the jews down piece by piece. Later it mentions “Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine gun” (Wiesel 6). This

made sure that the Jews knew that had no rights and that meant nothing to them. The Jews experienced such inhumane events that no one could ever relate to, they lost everything from their dignity, to their property, and even their humanity. The dehumanization process in book starts when the foreign Jews are evacuated from the town of Sighet where Eliezer and his family live. When Moche the Beadle, one of the Jews who was evacuated manges to escape he returns tell of the horrors that the Nazis have

what makes us human. Levi, throughout the book uses characterization in portraying the dehumanization that occurred within the camp. These acts of dehumanization by the Nazis began even before Levi and his traveling companions set foot into the camp. The killing of Jews who got off one side of the train, especially the children were seen as a “historical necessity” by the Germans and it began the dehumanization of the Jews entering the camp, that would later be reinforced by the removal of personal

Suns, characterizes the 2 main protagonists of his book, Mariam and Laila, to express and publish the weight of the hardships that women in Afghanistan face. Hosseini does this in multiple ways, but most notably through, the victimization and dehumanization of Mariam, the isolation and spousal abuse Rasheed wields, and familial bonds and their consequences. These are the most impactful and powerful tools Hosseini uses to represent the hardships

The Holocaust is a horrific genocide that took the lives of 11 million people. In 1933, the Jewish population stood at over nine million. By 1945, the Germans had killed nearly 2 out of every 3 European Jews. One of the few survivors, Elie Wiesel, was able to create a memoir called “Night” about his trying times at the camps. In the story, a young jewish boy and his family get ripped from their home in Sighet and sent to horrendous concentration camps where most people's lives come to an end. During

under harsh conditions. Those who were unable to work or worked poorly were either beaten or sent to the gas chambers and those who were able to work had to work while suffering starvation, dehydration, disease, and harsh weather. With the intense dehumanization of the Jews done by the Nazis, the Jews experienced severe hardships. The Nazis abused prisoners both mentally and physically, stripping them of their dignity

experiment. His research provides insight into the evils inflicted by guards of the Holocaust and its impact on their prisoners. It is the process of dehumanization that made possible the evils of the Holocaust and makes possible the smaller evils that occur on a daily basis. Those who victimize are able to do so because the process of dehumanization elevates their self concept and desensitizes them to the evils they inflict. Those who are victims of dehumanizing labels suffer a loss of identity and