1. In Elie Wiesel's novel Night there are numerous examples of dehumanization. Dehumanization is the process by which the Nazis gradually reduced the Jews to little more than things that were a problem for them. The first example is found in the third chapter: “I was a body. Maybe even less: a hungry stomach. Only the stomach was aware of the passage of time." This reveals how the characters are completely torn from the world, to the point that they no longer even refer to themselves as human. A German officer told the Jews: “There are eighty of you in this wagon... if anyone is missing, they will shoot you, like dogs...” (Weisel 22). This shows that the Germans thought nothing of and had little to no respect for the Jews. The argument continues as they are divided by gender while an SS officer announces to a pack of Jews, Men on the left! Women on the right!” (Wiesel 27). They were treated like animals instead of human beings. The dehumanization of the camps is added to the novel to allow the reader to have a more in-depth and realistic look at the tragic times for many Jews.2...
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