Man s Inhumanity Of Man - 2301 Words

Humans face good and evil on a daily basis but cannot conclude who belongs to each category unless we observe an action to judge them off of. The dictionary definition for inhumanity means â€Å"extremely cruel or brutal behavior† (â€Å"inhumanity† Oxford Dictionary). While humanity means â€Å"the human race; humans being collectively† (â€Å"humanity† Oxford Dictionary). In the world we live in today, the rightful thing to do is to be humane to one another. As we all know, one of the most inhumane events in history was the Holocaust. Close to six million Jewish men and women lost their lives because of the German Nazi regime. Many innocent lives were lost including one and a half million children. Throughout the film, man’s inhumanity to man is shown†¦show more content†¦The black and white enforces the man’s inhumanity to another man because if the film were in color, the message of brutality would not be as effective. Shortly af ter the candlelight scene, the movie portrays a part where all the Jews are demanded to register their families and relocate to another city, also known as Krakow. To force someone out of one’s home is not only cruel but an act of injustice. The Nazi soldiers forced the families to gather their valuables, clothes, photographs, and anything else they wished to bring. Unfortunately, the Jews were deceived because their belongings did not make it to their new located city. Sadly, all of the Jews belongings were taken out of the bags and burned. All the valuables were kept by the Nazi regime and the Jews had no say in this horrific act. Another scene that shows the concept of man’s inhumanity to man is when a group of Nazi soldiers had one Jewish man surrounded. The poor Jewish man was tossed around and made fun of. The worst part about this scene was that the Nazi soldiers even cut off the Jewish man’s payot. A payot was the side curls that most young men and boys kept. It signified their culture and was followed in the Orthodox Jewish community. If a poor Jewish man was keeping his payot to show pride for his religion, it is no man’s right cut the payot and insult him in that manner. After this malice act by the Nazi men, the Jewish man had no say in it, but had to stand there in