In Citizen, Rankine describes a microaggression where she responds with silence to satisfy her oppressor’s ignorance. As a child, Rankine had this close friend who called her by the black housekeeper's name. Rankine reflects on the multiple incidents because “[she] never called her [friend] on it” and that act of silence bothers Rankine (7). Her friend eventually stops calling her by the housekeeper's name, but she never forgets; the incidents weigh heavily on Rankine's memory. When her friend first mistakes her for the housekeeper, Rankine responded with silence unintentionally due to shock; she couldn't speak because the slip up caused her mouth to tighten. As close as these girls were, Rankine didn't ever imagine that her friend would manage to make this…
The memoir Night, was written by Elie Wiesel.In the book, Eliezer and his family were chased out of their home town Sighet. From time to time, they move from one camp to another. Captured by the Germans, Eliezer .and his Dad get separated from their family. They obtain freedom and are liberated. In the .memoir Night, right to fair public hearing, right to life, and freedom from arbitrary arrest and exile, were some human rights violated in the memoir Night.…
The times of the Holocaust may have been the most unjust decade known to the world. Elie Wiesel was a talented American Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor. He had the heartbreaking experience of facing discrimination against different races, including his. He said, “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” I think that the beginning of this quote suggests that there will be scenarios in which groups of people will be helpless to stop injustice. While, the rest of the quote means we can not give up without trying. An example would be a shooting an innocent man because of race. The family may be helpless to voice their opinion, but others will peacefully protest.…
In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the protagonist Eliezer enters a spiritual struggle to maintain faith, not only in God but in humanity. Turned upside down, his world no longer makes sense. He becomes disillusioned through his experience of Nazi cruelty, but even more so by the inexplicable cruelty that fellow prisoners inflict upon each other. Eliezer is appalled by the human depth of depravity and capacity for evil, his own included. Within the story there seems to be an emphasis on how inhumanity begets inhumanity. Seeing the Jews as inhuman, the Nazis cruelly treat them as animals, in turn producing cruel and animalistic behavior among the prisoners.…
There are many examples of dehumanization in this memoir. For example, Wiesel describes people reverting to primal, animalistic ways. Another example is the Nazis forcing people to do unforgivable things to their own family. These are both important examples. However, I think the best example is when Wiesel talks about his tattoo. While this is an obvious example, it is arguably the most important. After being tattooed, these people will be regarded as nothing more than a number on a list. Any hope that these people felt is gone. Hitler did not want them to hold on to their humanity.…
Human rights… When thought of most assume everyone has rights and they can’t be taken. Little do they know about the Holocaust? In the 1940’s they Holocaust began. In the book Night it is a true story about a young boy’s life while having to live through the Holocaust. It explains the horrible acts done by the German, the camps he had to travel too, and the things he had to witness, and much more. There have been many problems in the world but one of the most horrific is the Holocaust. The Jewish people lost almost all rights that every human should have. Some of the rights are the unthinkable freedom from discrimination sadly the right to not be tortured and of course the right to not have these violated.…
What if the president of the United states decided to kill all of one religion. The World War ll Holocaust began with Hitler wanting to kill all the jews. One of the jew was Elie Wiesel’s who later wrote a book about his experiences. At the beginning of the story Elie did not believe he was real he thought it was all a lie. Throughout the story he slowly started seeing that god was real. Elie talked to more and more people who believed in God. Elie spoke to Moishe the Beatle who helped him learn more about his religion. Elie Wiesel’s changed his view on God throughout the memoir and how it affected his identity.…
In Night, the oppression from the Nazi party at the concentration camp dehumanizes Elie. First, the transportation degrades the jewish people and compares them to animals. The people are forced onto overcrowded cattle cars. Here, they must take turns sitting in the stuffy environment for days. Denying people room shows disrespect. Also, the group was dehumanized by the gift of “some bread, a few pails of water” (Wiesel 22). This suggests the Nazi’s attitude towards the jewish people. To them, jews were at the level of animals. Thus, the inhuman treatment and lack of respect dehumanizes Elie. Another example of dehumanization was the removal of identity. Forced to wear prison garb, stripped of hair, and marked and known by a number, Elie and…
I completely agree! I thought Elie Wiesel’s speech was very moving! How often do we turn our heads from the hurt and suffering? I know that I am sometime uncomfortable with watching people suffer but I often don’t do anything about it. I know that there are hungry people in different countries. However, I don’t send money to organizations that will feed the hungry. I want to be a very generous person, but we all have our limits. Especially, since I am in high school I have a hard time saving money and also giving money. Even though I can’t give a lot of money I can volunteer my time. I believe that a lot of what Elie Wiesel still rings…
Eliezer Wiesel grew up in Romania. His parents were Shlomo Wiesel and Sarah Feig. Elie had three sisters, Hilda, Tzipora, and Beatrice. He was born on September 30, 1928 and died on July 2, 2016. In 1944 Elie and his family were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Elie lost both his parents in the Holocaust, but he survived (“The Elie Wiesel Foundation”). He now writes about his experiences. After the Holocaust and many years of school, he was sent to Paris so he could study at the Sorbonne. He became a journalist for a French newspaper. At first he couldn't write about his experiences, but as time went on he became more comfortable with the situation and wrote about the topic. He wrote many books about his experiences and…
In the speech, “Perils of Indifference,” Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, conveys his message that indifference entices inhumanity as a lack of acknowledgement to one’s suffering is advantageous to an assailant and provides “no elicit response.” Therefore, the individual with a sense of indifference is a determining factor in others’ distress for the reason that without involvement, the victim will never be assisted. Sentiments of anger and hatred possess the ability to endorse positive conclusions, however indifference incites no reaction because of the absence of participation. Wiesel develops his claim by providing a series of background information to display credibility and personal experiences to amplify the emotions of the audience.…
Individual rights in anthem was very scarce for everyone except the people on top of the power pyramid. For Equality, all he had was the right to live, breath, sleep and eat but even those last two were forced at certain times of the day. In society, many people take advantage of other things they consider individual rights. The biggest individual right that we have that Equality didn’t is the right to be free.…
Elie Wiesel is a holocaust survivor who went on to share his story with the world. From writing more than 40 books to making speeches, he has shared his story with people across the world. In his memoir Night, He shared his experiences be taken to the concentration camps and his journey through all of it. In his speech, “Perils of Indifference” shares about the dangers of being indifferent towards something and the emotion that he felt while being in the concentration camps. Even though “Perils of indifference” shared his message about the dangers of being indifferent, Night not only shares that message but other messages as well. Night delivers Wiesel’s message better because it has many different messages in it, including the dangers of indifference, it is more informative, and it is easier to understand so people of all ages can…
According to the Human Rights Website, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. There are 30 basic rights that every human should be entitled to. Out of the 30 laws, 3 of them stood out the most to me. Article 9 which is that no one should be forced to be arrested or detention if there is no evidence that they committed the crime or should not be exiled from their native country. Article 11 is that everyone should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a public trial and they shall not be held guilty of any penal offense. Article 12 is that everyone has the protection of the law against interference with privacy,…
What is equality? Equality is not something that a government can grant or deny a body of citizens; for this right is unalienable. This basically included life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and was not allowed to be taken away by governments. It could be utilized to describe the same political rights that people may have, including males and females. However, John Locke in the Second Treatise of Government outlines his theory of equality and how it works in his political society, known as the common-wealth.…