While the authors of The Night, The Metamorphosis, Maus and Fragments of Isabella use symbols to reflect alienation and dehumanization. In the book Night, Wiesel shares his experiences with his father in the concentration camps during the World War. Second War. The story shows dehumanization in many ways. For example, a German officer told the Jews: “'There are eighty of you in this wagon,' added the German officer. 'If anyone is missing, you will all be shot, like dogs...'” (Wiesel 22). In the carriages the Jews were forced to sit with no room to move. The quote also shows that the German officers had no respect for the Jews. The phrase "shoot everyone, like dogs" compares them to animals, showing them to be incapable of human qualities. After the separation, when the Jews were at the crematoriums, “A truck stopped at the pit and delivered its load the small children. Children!…those children in the flames” (Wiesel 30), is another example of dehumanization. Jews could see, smell and hear their fellow Jews being burned alive. Almost everyone was naked and the Germans didn't care who they killed. Adults, children, boys, girls, old men or even babies, it didn't matter who died. After becoming a member of Block 17, Wiesel stated, "Our clothes were left behind and we were promised more clothes. About midnight we were told to run" (Wiesel 38). The Germans forced the Jews to run into the cold air without clothes. While they were still running the guards told the Jews: “The more you run, the sooner you can go to bed” (Wiesel 38), even though it was cold the guards made the Jews work for the clothes they had to wear and the bunks they had to sleep in. Cruel and unusual punishments were the main examples of dehumanization in this sto...... middle of paper ......saw..." (Spiegelman 84). Jews were taken away from there homes. Not only , but they were moved to ghettos and isolated from the rest of the city. The Jews were forced to leave their homes and were not allowed to keep any of their valuables. Fragments of Isabella by Isabella Leitner, a young woman Leitner was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz. Her mother and one of her four sisters were killed by the Nazis, she and her three other sisters defeated death on countless occasions. dehumanization. Isabella went through alienation from both her parents. Her father was the first to leave: “… left Hungary for America” (Leitner 8). went to America to obtain documents to emigrate. Unfortunately, when the document arrived it was too late.