Have you ever seen a movie where people have been held captive? Most of the things that happen, do occur but can happen a lot more severe. All those things lead to dehumanization, something no one should go through. Adolf Hitler once said, “The Jews are undoubtly a race, but they are not human.” Everyone is human and everyone should be treated like one. In the three stories, Maus, Night, and Unbroken, men have to go through dehumanizing conditions and experiences. In the story Maus by Art Spiegelman a man’s father had survived the holocaust, he went through many stressful situations including those with who to pick to leave behind in the family. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel a young boy Elie and his father also struggle to survive during the holocaust, they have to make decisions helping eachother and they both make it so far due to only having each other. In the excerpt from the story Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand two young men are captured and being torchured emensly, they have to cough just to let each other know they are still alive. …show more content…
His father has to make decisions to save him and his wife. In this story Art’s father sends their first son to stay with another person so he has a chance of survival. When the lady learns they might be taken she poisens herself and the children she had. The fear of the Nazi’s is dehumanizing for, it killed people without even having to touch them with a bullet or hand. Art describes his father’s experiences noting how his father felt. The war has left his father very cold and taken from how life is in the present instead of the past just because of the experiences Hitler put him