Question

how do the authors in Night and Maus describe the selection process? support your response with evidence from both text. Minimum 6 sentences. Include claim, description of the selection process in each text, and one piece of cited evidence.

Answer 1

Both Night and Maus describe the selection process as a dehumanizing and traumatic experience for Holocaust victims. In Night, Elie Wiesel describes the process as a way for the SS to choose which prisoners were fit to work and which ones would be sent to the gas chambers. Wiesel writes, "An SS officer was giving us the 'speech' that we already knew by heart. 'Men to the left! Women to the right!'" (Wiesel 32). This quote shows that the selection process was a way to separate families and friends, and to determine the fate of the prisoners. In Maus, Art Spiegelman portrays the selection process as a way for the Nazis to choose which prisoners would be sent to Auschwitz. One character, Vladek, describes the process as "a selection. A very bad selection" (Spiegelman 49). This quote shows that the selection process was a traumatic event that had long-lasting effects on the prisoners. Both Night and Maus use the selection process to show the inhumanity of the Holocaust and the brutality of the Nazis.

Answer 2

In both 'Night' and 'Maus', the authors describe the selection process during the Holocaust as a dehumanizing and arbitrary process. The prisoners were divided based on their perceived usefulness to the Nazis. Evidence from the texts supports this claim.

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the authors describe the selection process that occurred in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. The claim is that the selection process was a brutal and dehumanizing experience for the prisoners.

In the book, Wiesel explains how the SS officers would separate the prisoners into two groups, those who were fit for work and those who were deemed unfit and sent to the gas chambers. He provides evidence of this in Chapter 3, stating, "the SS approached certain people, waking them roughly and ordering them to get up and follow.

Those people were barred from returning." This shows how the selection process was arbitrary and terrifying for the prisoners.

In the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman, the authors also describe the selection process during the Holocaust. The claim in the book is that the selection process was based on the prisoner's perceived usefulness to the Nazis.

Spiegelman depicts this process through his father's experience at Auschwitz, where the SS officer looked at him and said, "You look strong. You can work." This quote shows how the Nazis determined who would live or die based on their physical strength and ability to work.

In conclusion, both Night and Maus describe the selection process during the Holocaust as a cruel and arbitrary process where prisoners were separated based on their perceived usefulness to the Nazis.

The evidence from the texts supports this claim, showing the dehumanizing impact of the selection process on the victims.