False Universality In Elie Wiesel's Night

False Universality Night is a autobiography about a 15 year old, fictional version of the author, Elie Wiesel, enduring the Holocaust and surviving. The story illustrates how the Holocaust stripped humanity and innocence from Wiesel. The rights violated in the book Night includes freedom from discrimination(Article 2), exemption from torture and degrading treatment(Article 5), and right to rest and leisure(Article 24). The first human right that was infracted in the life story Night is Article 2; privilege from discrimination. It’s awfully obvious that discrimination is shown to Jewish people. For instance, in page 19 of the memoir Night, it states “The Jews in Budapest are living in an atmosphere of fear and terror. There are anti-semitic incidents every day on the trains. The Fascist are attacking Jewish shops and synagogues.” Basically, the text means that the Germans have invaded Hungary and a man is explaining the Fascists group are discriminating Jews. This relates to Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR), which is opportunity from discrimination, relates to the quote because the quote explains the horrors of anti-semitism, or discrimination against Jews. Also, on page 16 of Night, it states “The Jews had to get out and climb into lorries. The lorries drove toward a

For instance, on page 93 of Night it states “The commandant annoyed that we already conveyed 42 miles since we left. It was a long time since we had passed beyond the limits of fatigue.” Also on page 49 of Night, it states “Toward midnight, we were told to run. ‘Faster,’ shouted our guards.’The faster you run, the sooner you can go to bed’” Henceforth, the meaning of the text is that the SS officers have made the Jewish prisoners run tirelessly from camp to camp with little to no rest. In conclusion, Article 24- right top rest and leisure, was defied in the anecdote