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Mob Mentality In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

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Kasey
I think mob mentality is when a group of people believe in one thing, and they all act a certain way because of it. For instance, in the book we’re reading there were many Germans who burned all kind of things on Hitler's birthday. I’m guessing that some of those things related to Jews, because Liesel pulled out and took a Jewish book with her (main character was a Jew). The chapter where this took place shows how all these Germans thought a certain way, and how it affected their actions. For one, they burned all these things because it was Hitlers birthday. On top of that, some of those things they burned probably involved Jews somehow, and all those people acted crazy (it was like a mosh pit). Another thing with mob mentality and Germany,

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