The Dehumanization Of The Jews

The Dehumanization Of The Jews
Adolf Hitler had a plan to exterminate all European Jews. There was approximately 9.5 millions Jews living in Europe in 1933. On January 30,
1933 Hitler started his extermination by rounding up all European Jews and sending them to concentration camps. Hitler believed the Jews were
responsible for the lost of World War 1. Even though the Jews had nothing to do with the lost of World War I, Hitler wanted to make them pay.
Dehumanization is the process of depriving someone of human qualities and attributes. The dehumanization process the SS officers enforced on the
Jews left many of them dead or silent if they survived. At the concentration camps, they were to be stripped of all identification. By the time the
concentration camps were liberated in 1945, over 6 million European Jews were killed inhumanely. Elie Wiesel, who was a survivor ofthe Holocaust,
recalls the horrific experiences he and his fellow Jews had to go through in his book Night. Before the Jews were killed, the SS officers dehumanized
the Jews by making them suffer through violence, humiliation, and horrible living conditions. Those horrific experiences made Wiesel speak up for the
voiceless, and to make sure the Holocaust was not forgotten.
Hitler did not kill the Jews as soon as they got to the camps. He wanted to "break them down" and make them suffer before he killed them. Each
Jew had to pass the inspection test performed by Dr. Josef Mengele, who was known as the "Angel of Death." In order for Elie and his father to
pass selection they had to lie to the doctor about their age. Without his father lying, he would have been sent to the crematoria. Elie states that "It
was imperative that we stay together." Neither Elie nor his father knew that they would never see Tzipora or Mrs. Wiesel again. Elie now lived for
his father. During selection, the Jews had to state their name and their profession. Elie lied and said he was "eighteen, in good health, and a farmer."
After they had been inspected, they were either directed to the left or to the right. If they were not strong enough or young enough, they were
immediately sent to the crematoria. The Jews had no idea if they were going to be sent to the barracks or straight to the crematoria. The
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Dehumanization In Night By Elie Wiesel
Bang! I heard him hit someone. Blood, the color of a beautiful rose, dripped down his face. No one felt for him, we were all blank canvases. Elie
Wiesel wrote the book Night to show everyone what the Holocaust was like through the dehumanization, beatings, little food, and harsh work. The
major thing he brings up is how the Nazis gradually dehumanize them to the point where they don't care if their father, brother, or friend dies or gets
hurt. Elie was a victim of dehumanization during the holocaust which caused him to feel no pain or sadness in these horrible times. Through the story,
Elie has tried not to become dehumanized by the Nazis, but sadly he still does. At some points he wants to just get rid of his father, and gets angry
at him for no reason. One day Ellie was working and his dad got in a kapos way. The man began to beat Elie's father but Ellie didn't care,he
thought, "What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the kapo, but against my father"(Weisel 52). Elie thought that his
father was smart enough to know not to get in the way of the kapo, sadly though Elie felt no grief for his poor father only anger. In another instance
Elie was looking for his father hoping he was still alive, but he also didn't want to find him. He said, "Don't let me find him! If only I could get rid
of his dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and only worry about my self"(Weisel 101). Elie, like most of
the other

The Desire For Knowledge In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
Begin with a topic and then introduce the text...In Mary Shelly's novel, Frankenstein, is an example of a thorough exploration of human character, lust
and desire for knowledge that is almost allegorical to mankind's mechanization and technological evolution. Victor, the main character through which
we are told a story of his past, is hungry for uncovering the unknown intricacies of human life. Creating and postponing it was his goal; however, it
became a decision that destroyed his humanity in the process to save himself. But as creation of the monster it's known to have a knowledge of the
human but has dehumanized through the book and creates fear within the people who see him. Frankenstein begins as human, reading old books and
absorbing the thoughts of old alchemists, the modern chemists of his time. This would lead him to experimenting and eventually, after studying and
meeting a couple of professors, to find the way to create life from the dead. While he was able to successfully create, the morality and guilt of this
action immediately set in as he viewed the horrific carcass of his creation. Victor's immediate reaction was immediately reminiscent of a bad father. To
leave his creation alone in the wild slowly began to thaw away on the humanity of the creator, like a virus does with its host.
After the initial rejection of the creature, everything went downhill from there. His desire for the destruction of what he created shrouded all trail of
humanity inside him.

Taking a Look at Magazine Advertisements
Companies have been using advertisements in magazines as means of marketing for many decades now. While the purpose for ads, which is to get
the consumer to buy their products, is seemingly obvious. Most of the messages that ads are sending are being received to the viewer's subconscious
mind. As Jean Kilbourne touches upon in her documentary Killing Us Softly 4, ads not only tell us what we need to buy, they tell us who we are
(Killbourne, 2010). The specific ad I will be analyzing is an ad that was produced by the marketing executives at BMW. The ad can be found in many
different magazines and the targeted audience for this particular ad is obviously to gain the attention of men. The ad displays a man and women in
bed believed (suggested) to be engaging in intercourse with a picture of a BMW covering the women's face. Through the knowledge that I've gained
from Jean Kilbourne's documentary, I can point out that three are three strong messages being displayed in this ad. The ad sends a message that
dehumanizes women, uses sex to sale a product, and shows men that they can objectify women without consequences. In the ad the image of a car is
shown in place of the women's face. This act of dehumanization can affect women in many ways they may or may not even be aware of. That simple
act of turning the woman into a thing could cause the viewers to experience distorted self–thoughts. An ad like this one can affect the women's
self–esteem, cause them to devalue themselves, and

The Consequences Of Dehumanization In The Movie The Island
David Livingstone, professor of philosophy at the University of England, once wrote, "Dehumanization isn't a way of talking. It's a way of thinking–a
way of thinking that, sadly, comes all too easily to us. Dehumanization is a scourge, and has been so for millennia. It acts as a psychological lubricant,
dissolving our inhibitions and inflaming our destructive passions. As such, it empowers us to perform acts that would, under other circumstances, be
unthinkable". The film The Island is set in the 21st century where Lincoln Six Echo, among others, live in a confined community due to the world no
longer being inhabitable. The only place in the outside world still able to sustain human life is an "island" where community members are chosen to live
through a lottery system–at least that is what Lincoln Six Echo and the rest of the people are instilled to believe. The real truth is that Lincoln as well
as everyone else in this community are actually clones used to supply organs to the people's DNA that they share, and the "island" is where these
clones go to die in order to give their organs. When he realizes that the island and his existence are both lies, Lincoln decides he has to escape to the
outside world to save Jordan Two Delta. Out in the world, Lincoln and Jordan are on the run as they try and figure out a way to not only save
themselves, but to save everyone else still back in the community. Michael Bay's Film, The Island, demonstrates the dehumanization of Lincoln,

Marginalization And Dehumanization
How have people been discriminated against by others in the past? Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, written in 1861,
highlights the adversity that black slaves, especially women, are put through during their lives. The author tells of her personal experience in
slavery, being a mother, and escaping from the struggles in the southern American states. A Raisin in the Sun is a play, published in 1958, that
depicts the struggles of discrimination in society while balancing work and family life. Lorraine Hansberry shows the prejudices that existed, and
still do exist, against women and those of the negro race. Discrimination has existed heavily in American history. Ethnicities, cultures, and genders
were seen as inferior and were forced to live separately from others. Discrimination can be defined as the dehumanization, marginalization, or
objectification of another human for who they are. Dehumanization is the act of making someone feel less human or less valuable. The separation
or divide of an individual or group in society that is viewed as less or inferior to another is known as marginalization. Objectification is making
someone feel like an object or property by words or actions. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine
Hansberry show how genders and African–Americans have been dehumanized, objectified, and marginalized throughout history. Dehumanization is
shown in both A Raisin in the Sun and

Dehumanization In 1984
A dystopia is a futuristic universe where everything is vexatious. Created by a tyrannical government, in which all of the citizens of the society
worship either an ideal or a cynical leader. In all dystopian literature, independence does not exist. for example, in the novel "1984" a dystopian piece
of literature written by George Orwell the slogan "war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength" is broadly used throughout the novel and
blatantly states that "freedom is slavery" hence independence being non–existent. Also seen in the 2005 film "V for Vendetta" directed by James
McTuigue the british government takes away all of its citizens civil liberties. Furthermore in the short story "Harrison Bergeron" written by Kurt
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In this short story the government has made everyone equal through the law. they completely tarnished and destroyed their ability of free will by giving
them "handicaps". for those who presented above average intelligence they were required to wear mental handicaps those who presented strength got
physical handicaps etc. Harrison Beguson is the protagonist of the short story. He was in essence the perfect human and his government tried to
suppress his perfection."he flung away his rubber–ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed thor, the god of thunder" this is a example of how
the government tried to dehumanize

Dehumanization In America
On August 28, 1963 there was about 250,000 people who gathered in Washington D.C. to rally against political and social injustices African–Americans
face at this time. This rally was meant to not only pressure congress into adopting civil rights legislation, but to also shed awareness to the continuing
injustice even after the passing of the Emancipation Declaration . On its 53rd anniversary the march is remembered for the final speech, Martin Luther
King Jr's, "I have a Dream."
Power Relations Across Time In the colonies that would become to be known as theUnited States of America, we saw a country built off of people
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One example of this is the Jim Crow laws. They were enacted from 1876–1965. These laws were both enforced through state and local governments
and created "separate but equal" accommodations for almost every aspect of life. Some of these aspects included education reform, barber shops,
education, burials, child custody, military, and buses to name a few. By creating numerous laws that touched aspects of everyday life, than it was
possible to maintain the social norm that was started years ago: African–American are second class citizens. These consequences of these laws created
an etiquette between African–Americans and Whites which in term perpetuated the White power. To illustrate this point, the act of lynching was made
public without any form of punishment. This was because African–American were not protected by the law and most people in power were White.
Raper (1933) states, "Lynching served many purposes: it was cheap entertainment; it served as a rallying, uniting point for whites; it functioned as an
ego–massage for low–income, low–status whites; it was a method of defending white domination and helped stop the fledgling social equality

Dehumanization In Unbroken
Introduction:
World War II was the deadliest worldwide conflict in history. It was estimated to cause over 70 million fatalities.(NEED SOURCE) What many people
may not consider though, is how World War II affected people's inner self, not just casualties. In Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis "Louie"
Zamperini suffered imprisonment, beatings and is neglected essential/basic human rights. Like so many other American prisoners of war (POWs),
Zamperini is dehumanized and his dignity is taken away. Japanese–Americans were also treated equally horribly during World War II. After Pearl
Harbor was bombed, Japanese–Americans were forced into internment camps throughout the United States. MinГ© Okubo was among these citizens
who were unjustly accused/judged and mistreated. Zamperini and Okubo alike resisted the attempts in World War II camps to make them feel
dehumanized and isolated.
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During World War II, thousands of POWs experienced isolation and dehumanization in an Japanesethe attemptefforts of the Japanese to make them feel
invisible. In Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, American POW and former Olympic runner Louis "Louie" Zamperini rwas just one of the many soldiers
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After Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering American citizens of Japanese
ancestry to live in "internment camps". MinГ© Okubo is one of these Japanese–Americans. Okubo is a brilliant artist who was born in California and
has been loyal to the United States for her entire life. While preparing to leave for her internment, Okubo undergoes her dignity taken from her,
"...my family name was reduced to No. 13600. I was given several tags bearing the family number, and then was dismissed." Her own country has
changed her name to a number and is sending her to a prison camp for fear that she is a

In Elie Wiesel's novel Night, Wiesel writes about the experiences of Eliezer, his family, and fellow Jews, he explained how the Nazis gradually
changes the way the Jews lived little by little. Dehumanization is the process of stripping a person of every quality that makes him human and changing
them to fit their needs. Dehumanizing started when Eliezer and other Jews in his community are evacuated from their homes in Sighet. They were
transported in cattle cars which related the Jews to no more than livestock. After the harsh transportation the Jews arrived at Auschwitz a concentration
camp where Eliezer spent many months of his life. They were whipped, ran, and starved till some of the Jews could not take it. In Elie Wiesel book he
explains how he found the stamina to survive these cruel conditions.
In the novel Night, Jews were stripped down to where their inner self was visible, and they were publicly humiliated. "For us it meant true equality:
nakedness. We trembled in the cold." (Wiesel 35). This quote shows how the Jews were physically strip of their clothing and set in the cold to freeze.
This type of dishonor affected the Jews mentally, as the Navi's drilled that they were worth nothing into their heads and that they were not valued for
anything except for work. Public humiliation was very prevalent in Night, one example is "All the block inmates stood naked between the rows of
bunks. This must be how one stands for the Last Judgement." (Wiesel 71). The Jews were

Dehumanization In Night
The holocaust is one of the world's most tragic events, approximately 6 million Jews died and the concentration camp Auschwitz is the world's largest
human cemetery, yet it has no graves. In Elie Wiesel's autobiographical memoir Night, he writes about his dehumanizing journey in the concentration
camp, Auschwitz. Firstly, Elie experiences the loss of love and belonging when he is separated from his mother, sisters, and eventually his father. Also,
the lack of respect that the Nazis showed the prisoners which lead to the men, including Elie to feel a sense of worthlessness in the camp. Finally, the
lack of basic necessities in the camp leads to the men physically experiencing dehumanization. As a result, all these factors contribute to the... Show
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For instance, the Nazis treat the Jews like animals, no respect is given to them, they are constantly mocked and they are punished for no reason. In
particular when Elie loses his name and becomes a digit he feels extremely dehumanized, " I became A–7713. From then on, I had no other name."
(49). Once he lost his name he feels worthless and non–existent, he is nothing but a number to the Nazis. Furthermore, all of the Jews are tattooed with
their new identity, from that point they became inferior to the Nazis, something so simple as a name forced the Jews into feeling less than human.
Next, the Jews experience massive changes to their bodies due to starvation when Elie is released he is hospitalized " One day when I was able to get
up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was
contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me." (115). Elie's self–esteem is so impacted that it changed him mentally, he
feels as if the old Elie is dead and he is a whole new person. The struggle he faces in Auschwitz change him so much he no longer recognizes himself,
when he looks at himself in the mirror he sees a corpse, not just physically but also dead inside. To sum up, Elie is traumatized by the horrendous
things the Nazis make him go through, his self–esteem is so impacted that he transforms into a totally different

Night Dehumanization
The memoir Night written by Elie Wiesel's, uncovers the monstrous acts inflicted upon the Jews, by the Nazi party. Throughout The years, Jews were
acquainted or witnessed death and suffering through every perspective. Some were able to survive while others met a slow painful death. In the precise
memoir Night, The Nazi soldiers were unfortunately successful in exterminating Jews in large number due to their prominent tactic of death
humanization. Dehumanization is by far, the worst technique of executing a human being. I gaped and cringed when analyzing the complications
young Eliezer and his father had to endure and sustain. The process of dehumanization is one that unravels a mind and breaks a human being down to
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Eliezer while being detained at the camp endured disturbing strategies used by the Nazis such as Death Marches, unrelenting Jobs , starvation, the
occasional whoopings. The narrator in the story often received blows from the Kapos. As mentioned in the memoir,"The Kapos were beating us
again, but I no longer felt the pain"( Wiesel 36).Normally the effect of a beating would have erupted emotions in Eliezer but the physical
dehumanization that re occurs in the camp allows Eliezer to become numb to the pain, and this speaks to many other campers inside of the camp.
On top of this, alongside the brutal beatings was the starvation that stretched a great length in time. In the memoi, the campers were fed miniscule
portions of soup, bread and water and had minimal sleep and were forced to run hard long hours in any type of weather . I'm used to eating 3 meals
a day regularly while Eliezer and the other concentration campers were lucky if they even had one. This reminds me how much I take for granted.I
can give complete props to Eliezer because I could not withstand half the blows the narrator received, ru half the amount of miles he runs or be starved
for that duration of time, and I truthfully wonder wonder his body was

Essay on Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Primo Levi, in his novel Survival in Auschwitz (2008), illustrates the atrocities inflicted upon the prisoners of the concentration camp by the
Schutzstaffel, through dehumanization. Levi describes "the denial of humanness" constantly forced upon the prisoners through similes, metaphors, and
imagery of animalistic and mechanistic dehumanization ("Dehumanization"). He makes his readers aware of the cruel reality in the concentration camp
in order to help them examine the psychological effects dehumanization has not only on those dehumanized, but also on those who dehumanize. He
establishes an earnest and reflective tone with his audience yearning to grasp the reality of genocide. In Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi laments that
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Levi's ability to demonstrate the adversities of their oppression illustrates the dehumanization of the prisoners. The inmates eat soup while in the
camp. When the time comes for them to get their bowls filled, Levi professes they "have an animal hurry" to consume their food (Survival 69). This
metaphor suggests the men's animalistic behavior due to their severe thirst and hunger. The concept of dehumanization carried out by the Schutzstaffel
primarily targets the prisoners' "identity" and "community" ("Dehumanization"). Each man's struggle to survive in Auschwitz depends on their
principal focus of themselves. They can "no longer elicit compassion or other moral responses", every man endures on his own, and they cannot
think of others. Ironically, waiting around to pass time satisfies the inmates; " [they] are always happy to wait" (Survival 104). Levi rationalizes their
content when Alex tells them to wait and says they have "the complete obtuse inertia of spiders in old webs" (Survival 104). He compares his
Kommando to spiders, as they sit lifelessly, trapped in an abandoned labyrinth. The action of waiting brings the men solace, for once, as "time moves
smoothly" and they have no duties to complete (Survival 104). Throughout the novel, Levi also provides imagery of the animalistic form of
dehumanization through his diction. As the men eat in their bunks, Levi states that "David snarls" (Survival 75). The action or sound of snarling is
typically given

Piggy Dehumanization
Piggy is seen as a symbol of intelligence in Lord of the Flies, he offers ideas and sees the right way to do things at times but most of the other boys
on the island do not care for Piggy's ideas or help and they usually pick on him, most likely because he is overweight and is seen as different and
unneeded due to his weight, his asthma and the glasses he must wear all the time. In the novel, Piggy's real name is never mentioned and he is even
sometimes called "Fatty" by Jack and the others which shows why Piggy is picked on most of the time. Golding also uses Piggy to advance the novel's
theme which is the conflict between Human's savage nature and the rules of society and the dehumanization of the boys, mainly being the hunters.
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Jack then taunts Piggy at night and steals his glasses so that the hunters can have a fire which show that the one they should be listening to is
useless to the boy's savage nature. Golding then uses Piggy to further the themes in the novel Lord of the Flies by turning him into a symbol
representing intelligence and having that intelligence be destroyed once the boys become savage and destructive eventually killing Piggy when
he goes to take back his glasses which can also symbolize intelligence. Golding also uses Piggy's death as a way to show that the savagery in
humans have won against the rules of society because once Piggy has been killed by the boys they eventually go after Ralph to kill him, which
none of the boys would have done if not living on the island. The savagery in the boys becomes much greater once they go after Piggy's glasses and
even further after Piggy has died, once the boys are found they will probably be mentally scared forever or even separated from society because of
their actions which shows why they should have listened to

Dehumanization
Dehumanization is the process of taking away all human qualities of the victim and reducing the victim to sub–human levels in the eye of the
perpetrator and the victim. Alan Paton, the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, wrote an ardent novel about a black man's country under white man's
law. Cry, the beloved Country is the heartfelt story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set in a land severed by the racial
injustice of the apartheid. Throughout this novel, Stephen Kumalo encounters many situations that violate the "Universal Declaration of Human
Rights", which are the basic fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone is entitled to regardless of race, sex, nationality, language, religion, etc.
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Article twenty–six part one states "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.
Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be
equally accessible to all on the basis of merit" ("Universal Declaration of Human Rights''). However, many native children in South Africa do not attend
school because of the cost and lack of higher education. This becomes apparent to the audience when Kumalo claims the following quotes when
talking about education of native children " In Johannesburg, Mr. Chairman, not more than four out of ten are at school. But of those four not even
one will reach his sixth standard." and "we should pay for it. If we wait till native parents can pay for it, we will pay more heavily in other ways"
(Paton,107). This violates article twenty–six part one of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" because native children are being deprived the
right of education because of lack of money and accessibility to higher education. This is a form of dehumanization because native children are being
treated less than human by not being given access to free and sustainable education. Humans deserve the right of basic free and sustainable education
because depriving people of education prohibits social and economic

Examples Of Dehumanization
Survival in Auschwitz main purpose is not only to tell the story of one man's experience, but to show the world the effects of such political and prison
system that had caused human beings to suffer under a totalitarian system. The Nazis' assault on not just women, children, and men, but humanity
itself. The Nazis used means to dehumanize their victims referred to as prisoners in order to keep complete control. They had them working under
horrible and unnecessary conditions, degraded and humiliated their victims, fighting for food, and dying on someone's whim, etc. The victims had
everything taken away from them, their dignity, love, and security. There are many incidents in this book that reflects on the Nazis' process of
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The Nazis treated them worse than animals, those with no title, or say in anything. The prisoners had absolutely nothing, no means to cling to life, the
only thing they could truly claim or own was fear, darkness, and loneliness. "No one has time here, no one has patience, no one listens to youНѕ we
lastest arrivals instinctively collect in the corners, against the walls, afraid of being beaten." (Levi 38). Even the 'Doktor' which means doctor, the
German Pole named, Stawinoga did not willingly speak to them, and referred to them as 'Monsieur' which is ridiculous and disconcerting (Levi 140).
Their workingВplace was also very brutal, the Magnesium Chloride job was extremely unpleasantНѕ stand all day up to their ankles in cold, briny
water, which soaked into their shoes, clothes, and skin (Levi 137). The victims endured a lot pain and suffering that no one but them can relate to. It is
sad to believe that human beings can do such brutal thing to other human beings. Dehumanization constantly took place in extermination Western3
camps, and the mark of blood, power, and fear that came with that process with never be forgotten, or

Dehumanization Of Women
"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl'." said Shirley Chisholm. Women in who are born
into patriarchal societies face unimaginable struggles and horrors everyday. The article Forced Prostitution tells the reader about the struggle Indian
women face everyday in their patriarchal society. They are raped and dehumanized on a regular basis because of the way their society works. Much
in the same way Lakshmi from Patricia McCormick's novel Sold, about sex trafficking in Nepal, is dehumanized. She is sold to a prostitution ring in
India by her stepfather, who can no longer provide enough money for food, shelter, and his gambling addiction. Both of these texts show that societies
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The reason for this is because a son is known to take care of the elderly parents, and also when a couple has a daughter who is ready to be married,
they must shower the man's family with gifts. These gifts are called dowry, and every family with a son getting married expects it. Women who can
not produce a son or do something to upset their husband are often brutally abused, and sometimes even killed. They can be beaten, poisoned, or even
set on fire. A Nova 2004 PBS documentary World in Balance– The People Paradox, tells viewers about these issues. The documentary focuses on India
and the issues with how fast their population is growing. One reason for this is because parents will continue to produce kids until they give birth
to a son. The film says, " An estimated 25,000 women are killed or brutally abused each year over dowry and domestic disputes. Or even over
failure to produce a son." It is very clear that what these brides go through is not right. They do not deserve to be physically abused because of
something they can not even control. These kinds of issues do not occur at all or nearly as often in non patriarchal societies as they do in dominantly
patriarchal

Dehumanization of Ivan Denisovich Essay
Dehumanization is a psychological process when people view others as less than human, thus making them feel like they are less deserving of moral
consideration. Ivan Denisovich and all of the men in Gang 104 are dehumanized by the Majors and gang leaders at the labor camp HQ. In One Day in
the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alezksandr Solzhenitsyn, this Stalinist labor camp in which Shukhov is imprisoned is designed to attack its prisoners'
physical and spiritual dignity, thus systematically establishing the novel. The workers are physically dehumanized. They are constantly pushing and
shoving to get a bowl of what the Majors call "soup". The fact that "the cook shouted though the hatch, and people were shoving them at him from the
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It was no fur for them either "(98).The occupants of the gang are not allowed to cover their faces while they walk in negative thirty degree weather
though snow and high winds. It's as if the men are being punished before they start work, which is actually their punishment. Inhumanity is also
demonstrated when Solzhenitsyn writes "if they could fix the hoist now they could use it to bring up the bricks and mortar "(117). All day and
everyday while Ivan and Gang 104 are constructing this power plant building, there has been no hoist to carry the bricks to the top. This is
uncivilized because the hoist has been broken for eight years and, within eight years, the hoist could have been fixed. By the hoist not being
functional, the workers feel less than human. Lastly, when Solzhenitsyn writes "Shokhov got busy and put another piece of pipe on top where the
flue came out" (125) this illustrates inhumanity. Gang 104 received the task to rebuild the inside of the power plant. Unfortunately, it does not need
to be rebuilt; the task is just busy work. The rebuilding of the power plant is extremely unnecessary because the officers chose the job of Gang 104
knowing they would be working on this project for quite some time. Inhumanity is not only displayed by how the zeks work, but is also represented
by how they get food and consume their food on a daily basis. How the workers get their

According to Webster Dictionary, to dehumanize is to deprive one of human qualities, personality, or spirit. Several acts of dehumanization have
occurred throughout history, some of them have been recent, and some happened over 75 years ago. Some more recent examples are the Holocaust
(1933–1945), the Rwandan Genocide (1994), and the Armenian Genocide (1915–1917). Dehumanization occurs when one person or a group of people
take away someone's natural rights, a person's property, and completely humiliates a person. For most people, dehumanization would start with losing
natural rights and basic privileges: such as, not being able to live where you want to, having a limit of how much of a certain item you can buy, and
what times you can be outside

Example Of Dehumanization
"Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless." (Lorde, 1984). Dehumanization
often makes people think of soldiers fighting enemies in war and having to cope with their actions via dehumanization. While in this particular quote,
Lorde (1984) was referencing the dehumanization that comes along side war, but that doesn't change that relevance this quote has on all types of
dehumanization. However, dehumanization has occurred quite frequently in world history during the colonization, imperialism and in times of war.
Dehumanization has been an issue since biblical times and still proves to be a prevalent issue in today's society. Dehumanization refers to the act of
labeling those who are different, justifying mistreatment and reducing people to animalistic ways. Humans naturally see people and classify them in
different group. Classification of surroundings is a primitive instinct and there's nothing that can be done to alter those instincts. Classification is not
wrong in and of itself; in fact, these instincts are what kept humans alive in the past. So what is the issue if not classification itself? The issue is how
people react to these classifications. The first step of dehumanization is taking those instincts and using them to negatively affect another person's life.
Examples of this could be found in Heart of Darkness when the WHOEVER stated, "... these men could by no stretch of innovation

Examples Of Dehumanization In The Stranger
In The Stranger, Albert Camus suggests the question of whether Meursault's peculiar behaviour is demeaning and dehumanizing in an Algerian society
with many cultural and social expectations. Albert Camus portrays Meursault's story with the lack of emotion. In doing so, Camus forces the reader
and the judicial system to find Meursault peculiar and immoral. Meursault's lack of emotion is perceived as a lack of humanity by the Algerian society.
In this thought provoking novel, Albert Camus uses the recurring idea of versatility and indifference to elucidate the perplexing behaviour of the
protagonist. Meursault's emotional detachment from society ultimately results in his dehumanization, followed by his condemnation. Camus introduces
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Meursault has no reason for his actions, including his inability to feign remorse at his mother's funeral, his insensitivity and killing the Arab.
Meursault's indifference to his life implies that one is born, one is going to die, and one will no longer have any importance if he previously had any
importance at all. Meursault's indifference to his life was highlighted when he tells the Chaplin that he didn't need anybody's help and says, " I just
didn't have the time to interest myself in what didn't interest me" (117). Meursault was offered soul cleansing, catharsis, through having faith in order
to help him through the execution process. However, Meursault rejects the help and is dehumanized by the Chaplin when he implies that he doesn't
care about the value of his life and the world, because the world is meaningless and everyone eventually dies. The implication of indifference
contributed to Meursault's dehumanization by the

Research Paper Rough Draft Every human on earth, is in fact human, each with equal rights from conception throughout our entire lives. No matter
how much someone desires to take one's humanity away, it will always exist. There are many examples of dehumanization in history, as well as
examples that are happening today. Acts of dehumanization can occur in many different forms, from the bully at school to genocides that can affect
millions of people. These unjust situations start as mental statement one makes about another, then is acted upon with actions or words.
Dehumanization is wrong under all circumstances. Knowing reasons why people do this can help prevent these unjust cases from happening again.
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Some bullies put others down for things that see in themselves, and take their anger out on their victims. Kristen Wier, who wrote about student
bullying said, "Another type is relational aggression. It includes teasing, name–calling, spreading rumors, or ridiculing someone in front of other
people" (Wier 1). When a bully spreads rumors or calls someone something they are not, they are usually reflecting on their own faults, causing them
to make their victims feel less than what they are. This cause for dehumanization can also be seen in mothers who have had abortions influenced by
their past mistakes. An article that focuses on abortion says, "Almost half of the 12% reported were attributed to concerns that the woman had about
the impact of her own tobacco, alcohol, or drug use on the health of her child or her ability to care for the child" ( O'Bannon 4). Here, the mother
makes her own past mistakes that of the baby, thus dehumanizing the unborn child by killing it. Even in the Holocaust, the Germans blamed all their
problems on the Jews, even if it were their own faults. Ellie explains a scene during his experience where he accidently caught a Nazi on duty having
an affair with a girl. The Nazi punished Ellie by publicly whipping him twenty–five times. (Wiesel 56–58). Even though it was the Nazi's fault for
leaving the inmates unattended, and having an affair on the job, he still punishes Ellie in an inhumane way. Portraying one's faults in another person in
some cases can be a serious reason that leads people to strip them of their dignity and humanity.. When we see people act like this in everyday
experiences, we must instruct them, so this behavior isn't escalated in society to

People Hating People throughout History
"People who put principles before people are people who hate people. They don't much care about how well it works, just about how right it is ... they
may even like it better if it inflicts enough pain" (John Barnes). People do not think too much of how their actions affect other human beings. They
think making others feel less than who they are is completely ok, even with the level of National Security. It is not ok whatsoever. Instead of
dehumanizing people and making them feel worthless and like animals National Security, and other humans, should treat people equally and not like
objects, make them feel comfortable and not take away their rights because we are all human and all equal. Although people feel as though they can
just take away a person's rights and identity because they feel they are more superior and important, they have no right to. "The three "veterans,"
with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A7713. After that I had no other name."(Wiesel 39). Wiesel is talking
about how his identity was just taken away from him. And how it was so easy to just become a number, and nothing but a number, so quickly. He had
no other identity other than the one given to him when his original name was taken away from him. As a result, Mr. Wiesel and many other humans
have and are being stripped of their identity and becoming, or have become, nothing but a number and an object. "'There are eighty of you in this
wagon,' added the German officer.

Self Dehumanization
Power allows people to control outcomes with respect to both the environment and the self . This control is considered to be a fundamental human need
; therefore, it follows that powerlessness will disrupt an individual's sense of humanity, which coincides with the fact that many civilizations have
equated power deprivation with humbleness, lowliness, and fewer expressed human traits. We based the current study on this notion in order to
demonstrate that perceived powerlessness induces self–dehumanization.
The world is changing rapidly. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age today we are living in an ultramodern era where things which were not even
thought of earlier have become vital necessities in our life. For example, light in those ages was to be got only from sun for a limited part of day. But
now we have electricity for all time use. Thanks to Thomas Alva Edison who by inventing electricity illuminated the whole world.
Now we can't think life without electricity. In big cities everything depends upon it. We find ourselves completely paralysed whenever there is power
failure in our area. Electricity provides all comforts of life and life would be completely different in absence of it.
We will have to use earthen lamps, lantern or candle light instead of electric bulbs and tubes as it is now. If there would have been no electricity,
people would not have become so luxurious with coolers, airconditioners, refrigerators, room–heaters and other electric appliances. The

Dehumanization of the Jews Dehumanization is the act of taking one's human qualities away from them, this can be done using voice and also using
actions. During the time of the Holocaust, the Nazi's used their power to abuse and dehumanize the Jewish people. They would beat and kill them, they
would yell at them and they stripped the Jews of their dignity and rights. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, one recurring theme is the dehumanization
of the Jews. Throughout Night by Elie Wiesel, one can see the theme of dehumanization through the way the Nazi's treated the Jews, spoke to the Jews,
and how the Jews treated one another.
There are many times one can see the Nazi's brutalizing the Jews throughout the novel. From the moment the Nazi's took the Jews as prisoners they
were being mistreated. They were loaded into cattle cars, a vehicle made to transport animals, to the point where they were so full people could
hardly breathe. They were sent to concentration camps where they were tortured and treated as slaves. As they entered the camps they were
humiliated, SS officers yelled at them to "'Strip! Hurry up! Raus! Hold on only to your belt and your shoes"(Wiesel 35). They were sent to cold
showers and bathed in a sulfur–scented soap to be identifiable by their scent. They received only one small ration of food a day, these people were
starved. Not only were they cared for like a group of worthless animals but some were never even given a chance.
The SS officers would put everyone through selection and only the grown and strong would survive. Truckloads of children "Babies! Yes...children
thrown into the pit of flames"(Wiesel 32) and grown men hung for all to see, their bodies waving in the wind like a flag. For those who did survive
selection, they lost their names and were tattooed with their new titles "'A–7713?' 'That's me.'"(Wiesel 51) The Jews were consistently treated like
animals by the Nazi's and if that was not enough, they were also told how worthless they were.
Not only were Jewish prisoners treated like animals the Nazi's also vocally told them how worthless they were. The Jews were told that they were
going to be treated like animals by the Nazi's. For example, while the eighty imprisoned Jews

Dehumanization Of Slavery
Slavery was the backbone of the American economy for much of the 19th century. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney created a surge in
the need for slavery in America. The cotton gin was created by Whitney to actually decrease the need for slaves by separating the cotton seeds from the
cotton but, his invention only rapidly increased the demand for slaves. Even the anti–slavery advocates participated in the popularity and demand for
slavery. Slavery is indescribably horrendous. The horrors of this dehumanization and abuse cannot even begin to be described fully, and yet Harriet
Jacobs does her best to explain slavery from her perspective in her novel Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl. Jacobs demonstrates the dehumanization
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That to be safe and live her son had to leave her. That a woman's children must leave her to run a dangerous path to freedom to hopefully become
free and live, is horrendous. Mothers should not have to send their children to the dangerous trek to have their children live. "I began to think that
escape was impossible" (Jacobs 83) Jacobs escaped from Dr. Flint because they were trying to place more control of Jacobs by selling her children.
This shows how women's children were not their own in this system but, the property of the master. Jacobs rejected this and Dr. Flint's control of her
by going into hiding to protect her children. The destruction of families is one of the most horrendous wrongs done to enslaved peoples.
A woman's body, especially a black woman's body was seen as lustrous and objectified in the 19th century. Black women who were seen as objects
already by being enslaved, were used to please white males sexual pleasures. "Much greater wrong against the helpless young girl placed under his
guardianship"(Jacobs 32) Jacobs is referring to Mr. Flint and his aggression regarding her sexually and her guilt that was associated with this. This
brings to light the emotional abuse enslaved women went through. Dr. Flint offered Jacobs to be a "lady" for her services that her prostituting herself
would give her more freedom as a slave. Enslaved women rarely had the choice to choose between being used sexually or not. Black women at this
time were

Dehumanization In Education
Dehumanization is thought to be done by bad men that appear in movies and in the distant past. It seems as a figment of imagination that nobody must
face anymore because people are so obviously above being slowly changed into anything less than human. Little do they know, that this little dream that
seems so far is, in fact, right on their doorsteps and has dug its way into their most intimate part of their lives, their childhood. Education, a simple way
to spend 17 years, is a machine that cranks out people that have been so dehumanized that they don't even realize it happened. While there are various
aspects that help create the dehumanization, the largest tool is grades. Placing numbers upon young children to assign them value, to have them begin
to assign their self–value to them, to use them to show the amount of success, all strip people of the human factor of curiosity. Why question when it
won't be on the test, quiz, exam, etc. is what all students quickly learn to not worry about as they only need the high marks to be happy. Little do they
know; a pass–fail system could show them how question to the world and how to genuinely learn. It would rely not on the students memorizing facts,
but truly understanding that while they'll never understand the ever–changing reality of their world, they can keep learning in their attempt to.
Education was not made to teach children how to learn, no it was made to have the students memorize facts and recite them back at a later date. This
type of education could be called "narrative education". There is no conversation between the student and teacher rather, it "involves a narrating
Subject (the teacher) and patient, listening objects (the students)" (240). The teacher just talks of the information they deem important and the students
don't question it. Instead, they quietly listen while frantically trying to write down all they need in order to understand. However, by making learning a
flat experience "words are emptied of their concreteness and become a hollow, alienated, and alienating verbosity" (240). They lose their meaning
because there is no point to understanding them, when comprehension isn't needed to pass a test. When all a teacher does is narrate

Dehumanization
Dehumanization "Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result and unjust order that engenders violence in
the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed" (Freire). This quote by Paulo Freire encompasses the destructive reality of dehumanization,
which can be observed throughout the history of the world. This concept of removing another's humanity and dignity has left scars on the hearts of
minorities who were considered to be unworthy of basic human rights. While the sinfulness of creation has lead to many aspects of moral decay,
dehumanization could be considered to be the pinnacle of its depravity. Ultimately, this has lead to violence, war, and even genocide. Overall, this term
can be defined by the way in which it labels people who are different, devalues human life, and destroys the humanity of those who institute it.
Labeling Those Who Are Different Dehumanization is defined by the way in which one labels those who are different from them. When one person
chooses to dehumanize another, they are essentially developing an enemy image of that person or people group. This negative image eventually
becomes a stereotypical lens through which the oppressing person views that other person or group. Unjustified feelings of animosity, anger, and fear
directed toward the group can follow and even lead violence (Maiese, 2003, p.2). An example of this is demonstrated through the way in which the
company stereotyped the

Dehumanization In The Metamorphosis
In The Metamorphosis, the theme of dehumanization is prevalent. At the start of the novel Gregor's family appeared to care about him, but as time
goes on they start to neglect him, subjugating him to further dehumanization. Gregor's family does not show much gratitude towards Gregor despite
knowing of the hardships he has endured to support his family's lifestyle. Gregor's family sees him as a source of money. The Metamorphosis
demonstrates Gregor's internal suffering, warning us to not let people take advantage of us. It shows that sometimes we have to put our own needs and
wellbeing before others. The first demonstration of Gregor's dehumanization is at the start of the novel when Gregor talks about his family's financial
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After his family discovers his transformation, "his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which released him from where he was held and sent
him flying, and heavily bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the stick, then, finally, all was quiet". (REF). This shows the
care that Gregor's family gave to him after his metamorphosis, after everything that Gregor did for them and the hardships that Gregor willingly went
through. This further shows how they dehumanized him, and treated him like an animal. The treatment did not stop there, it would have been
understandable to be scared the first time that you saw your child transformed into a bug, but this treatment did not stop, it even got worse later in the
novel "Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door on the
other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to enter the room but thought better of it." (REF). This shows the unwillingness of the family to
interact with Gregor in any way, they refused even to enter his room, dehumanizing him further and cutting him off from any social interactions,
treating him like an animal. This treatment goes on for the entire book, until Gregor's death, getting harsher throughout the course of the novel "He
was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, bolted and locked." (REF). This passage shows the lack of care given to Gregor from
his family, how they shunned him away and cut him off from social interactions. Throughout the book Gregor's family consistently cut him off from
social interaction, showing the lack of care they have for him, and further dehumanizing

Essay Dehumanization in All Quiet on the Western Front
Dehumanization in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front Winston Churchill always said, "You ask: what is our aim? I can answer
in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, no matter how long and hard the world may be; for without victory,
there is no survival." In Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, victory is seen as the only option. The soldiers in the novel do
whatever it takes like acting before thinking or ignoring any possible consequences in order to emerge victorious. Paul and his comrades are exposed
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A good example of this is when Paul is frozen after looking into the enemy's eyes during the first bombardment, but he quickly gets over this to move
on and save himself. T. S. Matthews in his article "Bad News" states, "They have had to become soldiers, and they are nothing else. They believe in
the present moment; it is not enough, but it is all they can be sure of" (2). Matthews goes on to say, "But what keeps them going in man's
machine–made hell is the bodily presence of the friends around them" (2). On the contrary, dehumanization is the key to survival. Throughout the
novel, Paul loses close friends of his and each time he does he finds the strength to keep on fighting. He may not always want to, but he keeps moving
forward in his dehumanized state towards the end. Dehumanization not only affects the soldier physically but internally as well, both on and off the
front. Being affected internally by dehumanization means that these soldiers are stripped of their emotions, have a changed their point of view on
war, or are given a different mindset. When Paul and others go to visit Kemmerich, a former classmate whose leg was recently amputated, they can tell
he is on the brink of death. Instead of being concerned, Paul's classmate Muller is insensitive and is only concerned about his boots. Muller has been
so dehumanized that all he can bring himself to think about is Kemmerich's boots, and receiving them after his death. Later in the novel, Kat points out

Dehumanization In Frankenstein
"During my first experiment, a kind of enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me to the horror of my employment; my mind was intently fixed on the
consummation of my labour, and my eyes were shut to the horror of my proceedings. But now I went to it in cold blood, and my heart often sickened
at the work of my hands." (Shelley, 178) The Romantic Movement began in the 1970's and ended in the 1850's. One of the key ideas shared by
Romantics was that a literal and metaphorical return to nature was necessary. They believed that the individual was the most important part of society.
Romantics rejected the Scientific and Industrial Revolution. They believed that cities prevented individuals from discovering the sublime. Mary
Shelley's Romantic and Gothic novel, Frankenstein, opens with a series of letters from Robert Walton, an explorer, to his sister. Throughout these
letters, Victor Frankenstein's story is told. He was born into a wealthy family, and studies at a well–known school, where he develops an interest in
biology. Eventually, Frankenstein is able to bring corpse back to life. He is horrified by his creation and abandons the monster. The monster eventually
kills everyone that Frankenstein loves and in doing so, he also indirectly kills Victor. The monster then feels guilty and kills himself. Frankenstein
reflects the Romantic views of Mary Shelly. There are many Romantic elements in Frankenstein. There is the evident dehumanization of the Industrial
Revolution. Shelley also

Vonnegut Dehumanization
In "God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut: Learning Civics from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." Paul J. Ramsey discusses recurring themes in the works of Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr. One major theme that occurs throughout Vonnegut's work is how informal social norms such as dehumanization and apathy towards
suffering perpetuate violence. This occurrence is explored in several science fiction stories: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula
K. Le Guin, "A Party Down at the Square" by Ralph Ellison, as well as Vonnegut's own "Harrison Bergeron" and "Welcome to the Monkey House".
The dehumanization and objectification in these stories is a relevant and accurate critique of informal social norms in society and an effective
examination of how such norms spread violence. Violence is supposed to be nonexistent in Le Guin's fictional society Omelas. The reader is
introduced to a seemingly utopian society. As the story progresses, however, Le Guin reveals that Omelas survival is entirely dependent on violence.
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In Harrison Bergeron apathy toward violence is taken to the extreme by dumbing humanity down to point that a child's own parents are barely affected
by their son's death. This demonstrates how the normalization of violence and dehumanization keeps the powerful in power. Just as Diana Moon
Glampers exerts excessive control so does the government in "Welcome to the Monkey House". By removing people's sexual desires, they have in a
way dehumanized them. This dehumanization is also seen in the government's promotion of ethical suicide, demonstrated in the population
thermometer. The value of human life has become non–existent to the people in

Dehumanization
The Dehumanizing Effects of Trauma in Elie Wiesel's "Night"
In the memoir "Night" by Elie Wiesel, experiences of trauma and dehumanization are vividly portrayed. This text explores the idea that dehumanization
is (quite often) a result of trauma as it can cause a sense of detachment between the perpetrator and the victim. Perpetrators are led to feel as if they are
causing harm towards insignificant or inanimate objects rather than towards other human beings while victims are made to feel as if they are inhuman
objects. The memoir "Night" serves to support the idea that dehumanization is a consequence of trauma as it demonstrates the objectification of both
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"Now I understood why Idek refused to leave us in the camp. He moved one hundred prisoners so that he could copulate with this girl! It struck me
as terribly funny and I burst out laughing." (Wiesel, 57). It was at this point that Eliezer was reminded that this force of pain and fear was only human.
Whether it be out of relief or mockery, Eliezer's uncontrollable laughter was the result of a brief glimpse of the view he held every other day in his
previous life: Regardless of how much they can hurt you, a human will always remain a human. Unfortunately, the sustained torture and twenty–five
whips he received caused him to relinquish this perception immediately after. Eliezer, as a Jew inthe holocaust, faces dehumanisation through isolation
and the feeling of insignificance. Upon arrival at Auschwitz, the Jewish men are immediately separated from the immature and female members of
their families, often with the implication that these women and children are going to be murdered. This horrendous "introduction" is carried out with
the purpose of forcing the remaining men to feel alone and isolated. Solitude inhibits notions of hope or rebellion, thus making these men mentally
weaker and easier to control. Proof of this weakness is exhibited by Stein, the man asking Eliezer and his father about the current state of Stein's
family. "The only thing that keeps me alive, he kept saying, is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were it not

Kafka Dehumanization
Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Morrison's Beloved explore the idea of de–humanization. Morrison explores how the institution of slavery
reinforces by de–humanizing in order to stay alive. Morrison fleshes out how slavery perpetually de–humanizes slaves by denying their free will. Franz
Kafka uses the same language to describe how the institution of modernity de–humanizes its participants. Kafka explores how modern society only
values the person monetarily, and nothing else. Kafka compares modernity to slavery by revealing how modern society depends on a form of
dehumanization to survive, one in which the participants are willingly dehumanized. Morisson's use of characters like Sethe and Paul D reveals how
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Kafka does support this idea since he starts the story with a crisis; "When Gregor Samsa awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found he had
been transformed in his bed into an enormous bug" (Kafka 11). The start of the text is a crisis; Gregor has turned from a human into a bug.
Mikhail Bakhtin states that this is a start of dehumanization, what was known to be self is now altered (Elimelekh 1). For Gregor, his humanity is
questioned since, as a bug, Gregor displays multiple legs, a soft stomach, and a hard shell back (Kafka 11). Kafka's describes how Gregor leaves
his bed as such: "The fall was deadened somewhat by the carpet, and in addition Gregor's back was more resilient than he thought" (Kafka 16).
Gregor does not get up on two of his multiple feet and walk to the door. Instead, Gregor has to fall off his bed, since his legs are now multiple bug
legs, and Gregor needs more than two legs to walk (Kafka 15). Mikhail excellently summarizes how this affects Gregor: "Motifs of dehumanization
and metamorphosis are present, namely, the gradual decline of man into beast" (Elimelekh 27). Kafka displays Gregor as a man who declines into a
bug, Toni Morrison, on the other hand, explores the idea of beast in a different context, such as when Sethe is defined by someone

Analysis Of ' The Metamorphosis ' Essay
Ronald Blackwell
Valerie Thomas
English 1101
17 November 2016
On Being Human
Merriam–Webster Online defines "dehumanization" as, "to deprive of human qualities, personality, or spirit" (Merriam–Webster) This means that a
person is denied their own personal opinions, characteristics, or dreams, in favor of another person overriding them in favor of their own or for none.
Deprivation of these things separates an individual from the fact that there is a person that is being dealt with in a given situation. This dehumanization
can take place for a variety of reasons, ranging from self–loathing and an unfulfilling existence to an attempt to distance oneself from an undesirable
event or occurrence. It can also range from an overt set of actions as a person is changed, to willful ignorance, malicious or otherwise, of an
individual's dreams or goals.
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis", in which the main character, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself changed, contains several obvious examples
of this dehumanization. He has become vermin of some kind, no longer even human. Deprived even of basic human form, and transfigured into a
repulsive creature, this might be the simplest form of dehumanization that can be displayed. As obvious as this display, it may simply be an overt
example of Gregor's own disgust with himself. Rather than an actual transformation, the metamorphosis of the title is Gregor's personal viewpoint of
himself as being without worth or value. His behavior becomes

Dehumanization, as defined online, is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy
of humane treatment. It is actually a commonplace occurrence and escalates as the years grow on. As a child, it is often seen in the form of bullying
and cliques, which forms the basis of dehumanization as we age. We dehumanize others not only for the personal satisfaction, but the disconnection it
represents. We're stripped of our innocence, and by the end of it, all we crave is perfection. "He's hot!" "You're fine." "What's up sexy?" "Let's see
your dime–face photo." "Mm, he's a blessing to man–kind." These are all things I hear just walking in the halls. Majority of my messages are filled
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Growing up so far, the media has always introduced diets and weight–loss trends, treating us as dolls. You have to have your hair done and in place at
all times, otherwise you're a mess. Makeup? The proper woman wears just enough to enhance her features, not hide them, and she will always be
happy. A woman today must be nice and helpful, maternal, resourceful, intuitive, nurturing, athletic, and intelligent. One mustn't forget that as a
female in today's society, you must always be clean shaven and have soft supple skin. Your nails should be done at all times, and walking in heels
is a simple task. What are we to do when the only canvas we are given is already placed within a frame? The only options we have is to either paint
the perfect picture atop the canvas set within the frame, or go beyond said frame. It's all a lie, a societal propaganda which furthers our
dehumanization. I'll let you in on a little secret, there is no such thing as perfection regarding humans, only the beauty in their flaws. Beauty is
something that can be described as the entirety of a person, not just their outer

Dehumanization Of Genocide
INTRODUCTION
Throughout history there have been atrocious crimes committed against humanity. Those responsible for these mass murders were usually
governments, political leaders, or rebels. The "justification" for these inhumane crimes varied from discrimination of race, religion gender or ethnicity.
These mass murders are also known as genocide. To make matters worse, for a period of time a majority of those responsible for these unspeakable
crimes were not prosecuted. The reason being is that there was no way to bring the perpetrators to justice especially with the volume of victims. This
left a feeling of vain and injustice for many victims. As time progressed systems, courts, and laws were implemented to handle this serious crime. The
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It is critical that there should be a swifter and quick response implemented. The reason being is that with this specific crime, for each day no action
is taken the more lives are in despair, misplaced and killed. The issue here and what clearly happened in Rwanda was negligence on the United
Nations be half. If nations are aware of the situation occurring there should be a more thorough investigation, for clarification to take action. Rather
than bickering over political interests and financial costs nothing will be accomplished if no action is taken. The response to certain types killings are
not being acknowledged as genocide, and lack of enforcement is a major flaw in international law. Not addressing the outcome can be catastrophic.
Again, this is a crucial step to preventing certain crimes like this from occurring

Dehumanization In Beloved
Dehumanization of Female Femininity
Women's femininity in the novel Beloved, is determined by their slave owners and the enslaved community which they reside in. The slaves are denied
basic fundamental human rights, and therefore are treated inhumanely. This oftentimes limits them from developing self esteem and forming adult
human relationships, because relationships, such as marriage and motherhood are not recognized by the white slave owners. This oftentimes causes the
slaves to suffer psychologically. In the protagonist Sethe's situation, the dehumanization of female slaves deprives her of her female identity, forbidding
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She believes that her daughter may encounter a worse fate than death if she lives. She decided that she would not let her daughter be subjected to
what she had endured as a slave at Sweet Home. She takes matters into her own hands and carries out a barbaric act of slitting her daughter's throat.
"It ain't my job to know what's worse. It's my job to know what is and to keep them away from what I know is terrible. I did that" (194). This
behavior could be described as animalistic or barbaric to people on the outside, but to Sethe this was her only way of saving her child from the awful
fate of slavery. To Sethe this was the only way for her to be a mother, because she would not be able to stand the thought of her daughter sharing the
same miserable fate as

Dehumanization In The Movie The Mission
In the movie, The Mission, the Jesuit Priest, Father Gabriel, played by Jeremy Lyons, in an effort to liberate the Guarani people by proselytizing
them to Christianity, becomes their oppressor by changing their natural beliefs and practices. While his intentions are meritorious, they display
another form of colonialism and oppression. He does learn the Guarani' language. However, this appears to be only as an attempt to teach them his
way or the Jesuit way. Instead of learning the Guarani culture and assimilating therein, he attempts to convert them to European culture. As an
example he teaches them music, which they had no knowledge of prior to his coming. He decides what is best for the people and what they should
learn. In one of the earliest scenes in the movie the people did not wear clothes. Later on, we see the Guarani fully clothed, which was an indication
that the priests taught them that they should wear clothes. Prior to his coming, the Guarani could be said to be in a "Garden of Eden" state... Show more
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He did not view the Guarani as human beings. In the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire uses the term dehumanization to describe both those
whose humanity has been stolen and also those who have stolen it (Freire, 44.) We find dehumanization throughout history. African Americans were
not considered fully human during the period of slavery and for much of the 20th century. In the United States, oppression of African Americans and
other minorities continues today. I disagree with Freire that oppression affects both the oppressor and the oppressed. He says that "the oppressor, who
is him or herself dehumanized because he/she dehumanizes others" (Freire 47.) In my opinion, the oppressor does not view him or herself as
dehumanized. The oppressors see themselves as fully vindicated because they are superior

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