Option 1, Number 2

In Night, there are many examples of dehumanization. Dehumanization begins when the Jews are forbidden to go outside of their residences. Their valuables are later taken away and then they are forced to wear the yellow star. After the ghetto is created, life returns to normal. Then Elie’s father gets the news of transports. The Jews are then packed into cattle cars that contain limited air, water, and space. They now resemble animals, they no longer are of any significance and their only purpose is to be transported. During this ride, the Jews begin to forget their morals and beat Mrs. Schachter when she screams about seeing a fire. In the dark of night, the Jews arrive at the concentration camp. When they leave the cattle cars, they are also forced to leave everything they had behind. The smoke rises up and immediately consumes the hope of many. Crematoriums are being filled by Jews with babies and children. Man and wife are separated and so are millions of families. Later, the prisoners get numbers tattooed on their arms and they no longer get called by name, like livestock. They are shoved into packed barracks and are forced to sleep without sheets. Not only are the conditions they live in are terrible, but they are forced to run 42 miles while SS officers shout at them like they are filthy beasts. All throughout the novel, the Jews are dehumanized and oppressed by the Germans.