The Horrors of Genocide: Night, by Elie Wiesel

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Steven Pinker implied that, “As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to the mass murder of people” (1). Steven Pinker revealed an interesting side to the controversial topic of mass murders and the causes of them. He revealed that as long as people in this world believe that they are better than other due to their race, religion, and everything else that defines a group of people as different from another group of people. People are and have been wrongfully treated differently due to the incompetence of some to realize that everyone is equal. They often believe that they were superior to others because of their physical attributes and beliefs that they had. The Holocaust is a major example of the ignorance of some in history. This ignorance often resulted in the murders and mistreatment of many. Elie Wiesel was one of the six million plus people who were wrongfully mistreated during the Holocaust. Many believe that this sort of event could not occur in the current time period because people have become more civilized and tolerable to the differences of others, but sadly the world is not ready to contain a social utopia. The mass murder, and violence that is occurring in Darfur is one of the many things that shows that the world is far from achieving this social utopia. Throughout history, many occurrences of genocide have occurred due to the diversity of people and even though society has evolved greatly, there are still people and places today that are suffering. To start off with, what is genocide? Genocide is the killing of a massive number of people of in a group. Genocide has not only been practices in the present day, but it has been practiced for m... ... middle of paper ... ... the mass murder of people” (1). Works Cited Aliprandini, MichaelGoodwin, Chuck. “Darfur: An Overview.” Point Of View: Darfur (2013): 1. Points Of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Goldmark, S.M.Bourassa, Cheryl. “Point Of View: Darfur (2013): 2. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Horvitz, Alan L. "Genocide." Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Modern World History Online. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. Karesh, Sara E. "Holocaust." Encyclopedia of World Religions. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Modern World History Online. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. Karesh, Sara E. "Wiesel, Elie." Encyclopedia of World Religions. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Modern World History Online. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. Pinker, Steven. BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York, NY: Bantam, 1960. Print.

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