ities between the life of a slave and the life of a concentration/extermination camp inmate that demonstrate a few of the important themes Douglass and Wiesel express in their autobiographies. One of these themes is the concept of being dehumanized. In Douglass' work he mentions a number of times when he felt as though he and fellow slaves were being treated as animals, not as a humans. Douglass writes, "Mr. Covey was a poor man; he was just commencing in life; he was only able to buy one slave; and, shocking as is the fact, he bought her, as he said, for a breeder."1 This example deals with Mr. Covey purchasing a young female slave for the purpose of breeding more slaves. In Wiesel's Night, Wiesel was not just treated as inhuman, but as a number. He writes, "The three "veterans," with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A-7713. After that I had no other name."2 These passages show how in Douglas!
             s and Wiesel's personal experiences they were treated not only brutally but also inhumanely.
             Another disturbing similarity between the life of a slave and that of a concentration/extermination camp inmate is the struggle each has with starvation. Although it may be even more severe for an inmate, a slave is given
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