Analysis Of Night By Elie Wiesel

Nelson Mandela once said, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” This means you shouldn't take away anyone's freedom to have human rights because you will be questioning their state of being a human. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, the author explains and describes his experience during the holocaust. The author describes how the Jews were treated, the camps they traveled to, and how he feels during this experience. According to, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel several of the Jews Human Rights were violated. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. This document states a list of Articles every person has and should abide by no matter what. Everyone should have a right to possess human rights because “Nobody has the right to torture, harm, or humiliate you,” “Nobody has the right to take your things from you without good reason,” and

In reality torturing includes physical, mental, or verbal to be exact. Article 5 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, “Nobody has the right to torture, harm, or humiliate you. Presently, in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel in chapter 4 pg.64 says, “I saw Idek with a young Polish girl, half-naked on a mattress. Idek leapt up turned around and saw me while the girl tried to cover up her breasts.” Also on chapter 4 pg.65 states, “Lie down on it, on your stomach!” I obeyed. “Then I was aware of nothing but strokes of the whip.” In this chapter Eliezer caught Idek sleeping with a Polish girl and Idek see’s Eliezer and punishes him by giving him 25 lashes on his back with a whip. Accordingly, to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Eliezer's 5th Article of human rights was broken by Idek because he was tortured by Idek for no apparent