Question

which quotation from chapter 2 of night by elie wiesel best demonstrates the author’s viewpoint about the dehumanization of the passengers?
○ “there are eighty of you in the car,’ the german officer added. ‘if anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.’”
○ “on the first day of the journey, she had already begun to moan. she kept asking why she had been separated from her family.”
○ “when they came back, they told us that they had learned, in exchange for a gold watch, that this was the final destination.”
○ “but there was nothing outside but darkness. we returned to our places, shame in our souls but fear gnawing at us nevertheless.”

Explanation:

Dehumanization treats people as non-human objects/animals. The German officer compares the Jewish passengers to dogs, threatening to shoot them like dogs if anyone goes missing, directly framing them as less than human. The other options focus on separation, deception, or shame, but do not explicitly equate passengers to animals/non-humans the way this quote does.

Answer:

A. "There are eighty of you in the car,' the German officer added. 'If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.'"