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Examples Of Dehumanization In The Book Night

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Elie Wisel's book Night describes countless instances of dehumanization towards Jews, including Elie, throughout the plot. Dehumanization deprives a person or group of positive human qualities, which is shown in Night many times. Elie describes his afternoon where the Nazis ``..made [Them] line up,” and the Jewish men are tattooed Elie, “..became A-7713. From then on [He] had no other name” (Wisel 42). The SS Officers in the camps are remarkably insensitive to the needs and wants of the prisoners. Prisioners are robbed of their identity by being tattooed with numbers that correspond to their names. The SS Officers had lost the respect of all their morals. When the Germans rescued the Jews from Buchenwald, the Jews are hospitalized for the
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