Nehring 1 Lisa Nehring Miss Al-Rayess English 10 27 February 2012 Night Essay (Rewrite) When inhumanity e!

el"#s in a #ers"n$ it "%ten times &ause by a traumati& e!ent that ma e a signi%i&ant im#a&t "n that #ers"n in a negati!e way' A #ers"n in #"ssessi"n "% their humanity is "ne with the &"nsi erati"n "% "thers( well-being an ha##iness' With"ut humanity$ #e"#le &an be &"nsi ere &ruel "r e!en &ra)y$ h"we!er when in the #la&e "% l"sing "ne*s "wn humanity$ it seems t" be +usti%ie ' ,n the b""- Night $ Elie Wiesel "&uments the #r"gressi"n "% inhumanity uring his time in Aus&hwit)$ a &"n&entrati"n &am# use in the .ewish h"l"&aust' /"me wh" l"st their humanity were th"se wh" ha g"ne ma $ while "thers sim#ly l"st it %"r the sa-e "% their sur!i!al' Whether it is &ause by the instin&t t" li!e$ "r the result "% insanity$ ha!ing the sense "% humanity is l"st while li!ing in a e!astating &ir&umstan&e' When it &"mes t" sur!i!al$ e0treme measures are ta-en' 1hat is when it is with a &are%ree attitu e t"war "thers( health$ e!en when it is %amily' ,n "r er t" li!e 2in a &"n&entrati"n &am#' ' 'it is e!ery man %"r himsel%$ an 3"ne4 &ann"t thin- "% "thers5 (#g' 110)' 1his tells h"w &aring %"r s"me"ne elses( well-being &ann"t be an "#ti"n when "ne*s "wn sur!i!al is at sta-e as well' ,n Night$ turning against s"me"ne y"u "n&e &are ab"ut %"r y"ur "wn li%e was sh"wn when 2the "l man mumble s"mething$ gr"ane $ an ie ' N"b" y &are ' 6is s"n sear&he him$

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Nehring 2 her' ' 'she re&ei!e se!eral bl"ws t" the hea $ bl"ws that &"ul ha!e been lethal5 (#g' 27)' Wiesel illustrates h"w inhumanity &ause by im#ris"nment base insanity is e!i ent by writing h"w beating a %ell"w #ris"ner seems +usti%ie be&ause "% their "wn ann"yan&e' 6umanity is l"st while in a &"n%li&ting situati"n lea ing t" either insanity "r instin&t t" sur!i!e' When %amily matters less than %"" $ instin&t "!er#"wers humanity' While when the +usti%i&ati"n "% !i"lent an grues"me a&ts "n an inn"&ent #ers"n "&&urs$ any h"#e %"r humanity is l"st'