Examples Of Inhumanity In Night

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One main theme in Night by Elie Wiesel is man’s inhumanity to man, which demonstrates how horrific events can turn people into unrecognizable versions of themselves. One example of this is when the Jews were on a train going through a small town. The citizens would throw small pieces of bread to the Jews for the civilians entertainment. One Jew in particular beat, and killed, his own father for a piece of bread. Instantly after, the son was also killed (101). This example shows how the Holocaust made even the closest relationships, of father and son, turn on eachother. It proves that the Holocaust changed people completely. Another example is how the Nazis terrorized the Jews. All throughout the story the Nazis treat the Jews like the lowest