Examples Of Humanity In Night By Elie Wiesel
Night Humanity Essay Throughout the autobiography Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie tells us what it is like to be a Jew in the Holocaust. As a 15 year old boy Elie sees more awful things during the course of the different camps in Europe that we will see in our lifetime. Elie’s relationship with humanity changes from frustrated to no longer having any humanity left as he journeys from Sighet to freedom. Elie Wiesel’s relationship with humanity changes from frustrated towards the Jews to awareness of what it happening as he moves through the 2 ghettos in Sighet. When Elie was in the ghetto the Germans were not lashing out on them but left them to live in a community where all Jews were segregated from non-Jews, and soon they started to see what
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When the Jews were walking through the German villages to Buna Elie sees that those who live in the village do not pity them or even notice them. They acted as if what was happening was not sick and inhumane. “As we were passing through some of the villages, many Germans watched us, showing no surprise…they all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another,” (46). After Elie sees this he is repulsed that these villagers can stand there and watch much less flirt with the monsters that are doing awful things to innocent Jews. Each day that goes by Elie is becoming more depressed and less human. He said that he is becoming not a life but only a body; each day is no longer a new day, just the same darkness it was yesterday. Elie’s opinion on the optimists have changed since he was in Sighet and the ghetto from disgust to understanding. When Elie was in the infirmary he hears a rumor that the end is coming, although many rumors go around similar to this one, the Jews in the camps often believe them even they know that it is not true. Elie writes that, “It was like an injection of morphine,” (80). The Jews were once again deceiving themselves to believe that the end was closer than it actually was. Elie is not abhorred with them this time because he understands how addictive it is to have false hope. The Jews are being credulous again and they are obsessed with the rumors of the Red Cross and their liberation, even if there is nothing to show that the end is near. Elie is even starting to have a little hope too. The world around Elie is becoming what nobody even imagined it would ever come
When the Jews were walking through the German villages to Buna Elie sees that those who live in the village do not pity them or even notice them. They acted as if what was happening was not sick and inhumane. “As we were passing through some of the villages, many Germans watched us, showing no surprise…they all were laughing, joking, and passing love notes to one another,” (46). After Elie sees this he is repulsed that these villagers can stand there and watch much less flirt with the monsters that are doing awful things to innocent Jews. Each day that goes by Elie is becoming more depressed and less human. He said that he is becoming not a life but only a body; each day is no longer a new day, just the same darkness it was yesterday. Elie’s opinion on the optimists have changed since he was in Sighet and the ghetto from disgust to understanding. When Elie was in the infirmary he hears a rumor that the end is coming, although many rumors go around similar to this one, the Jews in the camps often believe them even they know that it is not true. Elie writes that, “It was like an injection of morphine,” (80). The Jews were once again deceiving themselves to believe that the end was closer than it actually was. Elie is not abhorred with them this time because he understands how addictive it is to have false hope. The Jews are being credulous again and they are obsessed with the rumors of the Red Cross and their liberation, even if there is nothing to show that the end is near. Elie is even starting to have a little hope too. The world around Elie is becoming what nobody even imagined it would ever come