Examples Of Inhumanity In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night by Elie Wiesel is about the horrific events he experienced during the Holocaust. In the first chapter Elie talks about the first moment he would be ripped apart from his what he thinks a normal life in the ghetto’s. On the train there was little air, no food, and no water. This was the start of the dreadful journey Elie will endure. Night best represents the word “inhumanity” because it is put to the test when Elie and his father face the brutality of the SS. With the Jews he is forced to give up previous human morals. And throughout the novel Elie is at a constant battle with himself between humanity and inhumanity. Elie and his father endure the violence of the SS as soon as they arrive at camp. They make it clear that they view the