How does the author use imagery in the novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz?

The author employs words reminiscent of animals and farming to describe the transport and activity of the prisoners at Auschwitz to emphasize to the reader how they are being treated without the human dignity that they deserve and have lost their rights as humans.

For example, as men are being rounded up to be murdered, the author writes that they are being “herded out of the truck and led toward the bus” (27). The word “herded” makes the reader picture the prisoners as if they are cattle being herded on a farm, not human beings. This emphasizes how the Nazi’s treated their victims ruthlessly and devoid of any respect for their humanity.