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Examples of dehumanization.

Throughout Night there are many examples of dehumanization. It starts when the Nazi’s enforce all sorts of rules before and during the time they were in the ghetto. They were still at their own homes and they were being given all sorts of rules. When they were being transported to Auschwitz they were taken in cattle carts. 80 of them had to fit in one cart. When they had to be transported again later on in the book they were in cattle cars too, but this time they had to fit 100 of them. When someone would die they would throw out the dead bodies and keep moving on. During that trip 100 got on and 12 got off. As they arrive at Auschwitz they are stripped of there names. They no longer have names; they have numbers tattooed on their arm. This is taking away their identity and what is left of them. Taking their names away forms them into nothing. They thought it would be easier to kill nothing then something so they took away their names. The Jewish culture is one they will soon forget. The Nazi’s only let them celebrate their god at the holiday. It’s taking away their culture and freedom; those are human rights. The reckless killing going on all around them at all times doesn’t help. All they see are dead people and people dying. After a certain time in the book it doesn’t even affect them anymore. They are so used to see the dead there is no more sympathy or fear. That is not human. As the book goes on they get treated like animals more and more. Sometimes they don’t get food for days, they get whipped, and then they start acting like animals. They kill each other for food and other rations. At the end they hardly have any control over themselves. They are being dehumanized and it shows in their actions.