“I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip. “One! . . . Two! . . .” he was counting. He took his time between lashes. Only the first really hurt.” (p 57) Elie had been punished in front of all the Jews for having mixed in others affairs. Which these affairs were between Idek and a young Polish girl. For seeing something a Idek didn’t want anyone to know or to see, Elie had been lashed in front of the whole camp.This violence can be compared to today’s world in the way of being punished for seeing or knowing certain things or possibly just to have violence, but the independent and dependent variables need to be taken into account. The cruel way the guards would move the Jews from camp to camp could be an example of the unnecessary force and bloodshed used. “ “Faster, you filthy dogs!” We were no longer marching, we were running. Like …show more content…
The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. We looked as though we were running from them. The night was pitch-black. From time to time, a shot exploded in the darkness. They had orders to shoot anyone who could not sustain the pace. Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure.” (Night, p. 85) With this in mind, the SS took joy from shooting and just spilling Jewish blood onto the snow, while they were running in the night. The Jews did everything the SS told them besides being able to keep up, the human body can only take so much, but this was a good enough reason for the Germans to act with brutality. In this circumstance the Jews didn't know anything, they just were not able to run fast enough to get away from the murderous intent of the SS. Accordingly, “ “Throw out all the dead! Outside, all the corpses!” The living were glad.