Night by Elie Wiesel and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Elie Wiesels novel, Night, was write to express the dehumanizing ways and cruelties of the final solution. aft(prenominal) World War II was over, a group of nations came unneurotic and wrote the Universal Declaration of forgiving Rights. Many of the articles in this promulgation were written because of the events involved with the Holocaust; therefore, many passel be comp ared to the Holocaust. One of the very get-go events of the novel betrays term 12 of this declaration. This article states that, No matchless shall be subjected to arbitrary hoo-hah with his loneliness, family, home or correspondence, nor to contend upon his honor and reputation The Jewish people, who had just received remark of the Russian war forward moving closer to their city, knew that at some point they would be moved to safer places. However, when the German police came to evacuate them, they rudely invaded the Jews privacy taking gold and anything of value. (p.27) niggling did the Jews know, that this was nothing compared to what their futures held. Night can also be compared to clause 1. All human beings are born free and disturb in dignity and proper(a)s. They are endowed with reason and moral sense and should act towards one some other with the spirit of brotherhood. However, Hitler discriminated against Russians, Jews, Gypsies, and handicapped. The ones that were put in the awful concentration camps were unimpeachably not treated in the spirit of brotherhood. The guards and police had the right to beat and kill the disobedient. At one point in the novel, Elies father had a colic attack, and he was noble need of water. His father asked the widely distri neverthelessed if he could be excused, but instead the general slapped him score of his feet. (p.45) Being a insure to this, Elies hatred of the generals, guards, and camps grew stronger.\nNo one shall be subjected to excruciation or cruel, inhumane, or degrade treatment or punishment. What is verbalise in the previous quote, Article 5, is exac...