Loss Of Humanity In Night By Elie Wiesel

The loss of humanity

What does it mean to remember the holocaust? In Elie Wiesel's “Night,” we are shown a vivid description of the haunting experiences from the eyes of a young jewish boy’s point of view. Through Wiesel's experience, “Night” functions as a powerful reminder of the inhumane treatment and conditions of Jews during the Holocaust. Night is a memoir written by Elie wiesel, talks of the brutal regime of the nazi rule and genocide aganist jews and judasim. “Night” functions as a testament to the resilience and Humanity of Jewish people ensuring that the memory of their suffering and survival endures for generations to come

“Night”, is a response to the Nazi regime's attempt to silence the voices of Jews. The Nazi sought to silence

”(wiesel, par 20). The quote above uses never shall I forget to emphasize on the imagery of the smoke and the transformation of the children's body. The use of Never SHALL I FORGET is used to explain the haunting and hopelessness feelings that Wiesel and the other prisoners felt as that moment will forever been ingrained in their mind.Wiesel feels as if its his obligation to document and witness there acts of dehumanization and astrocytes so that way they will never be forgotten or pushed away in history.The knowledge of painful history can affect the future generations with generational trauma. This generational trauma can cause those that are associated in that community to feel burdened with the thoughts that they were once dehumanized and seen as less then. An Example of this is when our main character's identity has been so dehumanized that he can no longer recognize himself. “ I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.” (Weisel,par 15).This act of dehumanization is vividly portrayed in the story, “Night” when Elizer is freed and gazes upon his own reflection, his eyes meet a thing, a walking corpse as he describes. He no longer sees himself, a person. This shows the detachment eliezer experiences as his identity has stripped and reduced to a mere object. Another example of this dehumanization is shown through chimneys and their use in Auschwitz. See that chimney over there? you see it? And the flames, do you see them?”. "Over there, that's where they will take you. Over there will be your grave. You still don't understand? You sons of bitches. Don't you understand anything? You will be burned! Burned to a cinder! Turned into ashes!"(Wiesel, par 7). The quote above