Humanity In Night

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Humanity is Diminishing “Ding!” If there were a counter for the multitudes of human rights violated on a quotidian basis, “Ding” would be what you would hear every day. What are human rights? Human rights are unofficial proclamations for the entire human race. The human rights are stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the UDHR consists of unofficial privileges for humans. Unfortunately, these sacred rights have been disrupted on multiple occasions such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the killing of millions of Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Several confirmations about the infringement of human rights have been expressed in the Holocaust based novel Night by Elie Wiesel. Night is the life, sacrifices, difficulties and torture Elie faced throughout the Holocaust. The novel reveals numerous ruptures of human rights. An exiguous amount of frequent negligence of human rights from the UDHR in the novel Night are: Article 2 freedom from discrimination, Article 3 right to life, liberty and personal security, and Article 26 right to education . The novel Night is the life of the author Elie Wiesel throughout the Holocaust. Elie was a fifteen year old boy when the Hungarian police forced him and countless other Jewish families …show more content…

Unfortunately, human rights are violated on a daily basis and will continue to be violated in the future. However, the highest amount of human rights ruptured was during the Holocaust. A Holocaust based novel Night assists people in knowing some of the numerous amounts of violated human rights. The novel is about the author Elie Wiesel’s life, difficulties, sacrifices, torture, and losses during the Holocaust. A few of the ruptured human rights from the UDHR in the novel Night are: Article 2 Freedom from discrimination, Article 3 Right to life, liberty and personal security, and Article 26 Right to

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