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Dehumanization In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Dehumanization is the process by which the Nazis discreetly reduced the Jews somewhat greater than “things’ which were a nuisance to them. Ways that Eliezer was dehumanized were selections, separation, and executions. In the autobiography novel, Night, the events that changed his outlook on life, his attitude, and his identity as a man who survived. Selections were when the Nazis lined up all the Jews, put them through a test, and selected who was still good to work. Mobility was what they were looking for. How fast can they run? How fast can they work? Are they old or old? Are they a snob? It’s all they wanted to know. In the book on page 29, “The blockadeer turned to go to his room. Ten prisoners surrounded him, clinging to his clothes: “Save us! You promised.We want to go to the depot, we are strong enough to work. We are good workers we can.we want.” The begged to stay alive but once you were selected the only way to get unselected was to go through another selection. …show more content…

Pulled from family, killed if too young or too old. Elizer and his father were able to stay together. Page 29, “Men to the left, women to the right”! Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion.” The Nazis made it clear that family was no longer a thing in the concentration camp. If you were too old or too young you were killed, they couldn’t use you for work so they killed them either by shooting them and watching as their bodies dropped into the dug trench or they would fire up the gas chambers and everyone was

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