In this quote, it is revealed that while Elie is observing all of the tragedies of the Holocaust happening around him, he is himself becoming dehumanized. In the quote, Elie finds himself hoping that he didn’t find his father so he could focus on his own survival. It was as if all human connections were broken within him, as if he only had his primal instinct left, to survive. That is the true consequence of the Holocaust. The Jews were left to nothing more than bodies awaiting death, and in the meantime, they had nothing to do but survive the brutalities of the decaying world around them. The dehumanization of the Jews is the inner greatest tragedy of the Holocaust, a great and widely recognized religion being stifled and attempted to be killed off. Overall, the dehumanization of the Jews during the Holocaust was when the Nazi officers regarded the Jews as things and creatures, not worthy of even being in their presence. This can be observed all around Elie in the book Night by Elie Wiesel, and even within
In this quote, it is revealed that while Elie is observing all of the tragedies of the Holocaust happening around him, he is himself becoming dehumanized. In the quote, Elie finds himself hoping that he didn’t find his father so he could focus on his own survival. It was as if all human connections were broken within him, as if he only had his primal instinct left, to survive. That is the true consequence of the Holocaust. The Jews were left to nothing more than bodies awaiting death, and in the meantime, they had nothing to do but survive the brutalities of the decaying world around them. The dehumanization of the Jews is the inner greatest tragedy of the Holocaust, a great and widely recognized religion being stifled and attempted to be killed off. Overall, the dehumanization of the Jews during the Holocaust was when the Nazi officers regarded the Jews as things and creatures, not worthy of even being in their presence. This can be observed all around Elie in the book Night by Elie Wiesel, and even within