The Savagery of Humans
In one scene of the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, Elie, his father and everyone else living in Buna concentration camp, are being shipped to a new camp, because the American force is advancing on Nazi Germany. While on the train, small pieces of bread are being thrown in the car and the men in the car are literally killing each other for it. When humans are deprived of the most basic needs for survival, they are turned into savage animals. ”Where the bread had landed, a battle had ensued”(Wiesel 101). Elie is explaining the grisly scenes that are taking place where bread is landing on his train car. “Creatures ready to kill for a crust of bread”(Wiesel 101). Elie uses personification to help explain the savagery of
