"People said... Hitler won't be able to do us any harm, even if he wants to... What methods could he use?" (Wiesel 18).
Elie explains, the people of Sighet are very unaware to what was really going on. Others felt that Hitler wasn't going to hurt them, because nothing happened yet. If they wouldn't have ignored Moche the Beadle and payed more attention they would've realized the danger they actually were in. I think that the thought of being forced to leave petrified them so much they tried blocked it from their mind, to make themselves feel better.
"It was as though she were possessed by an evil spirit which spoke from the depths of her being" (Wiesel 34).
This quote to me really summarized Madame Schacter's actions in this section. She is constantly seeing some type of "fire". She wakes everybody, several times, to warn people about this fire. Elie says that people are getting so aggrivated that they tied her down and beat her until she is unconsious. Madame Schacter breaks free as others are asleep and begins again to scream, and this time there actually is a fire. This is all why Elie thinks she was possessed by an evil sporit. I don't blame her.
Elie explains, the people of Sighet are very unaware to what was really going on. Others felt that Hitler wasn't going to hurt them, because nothing happened yet. If they wouldn't have ignored Moche the Beadle and payed more attention they would've realized the danger they actually were in. I think that the thought of being forced to leave petrified them so much they tried blocked it from their mind, to make themselves feel better.
"It was as though she were possessed by an evil spirit which spoke from the depths of her being" (Wiesel 34).
This quote to me really summarized Madame Schacter's actions in this section. She is constantly seeing some type of "fire". She wakes everybody, several times, to warn people about this fire. Elie says that people are getting so aggrivated that they tied her down and beat her until she is unconsious. Madame Schacter breaks free as others are asleep and begins again to scream, and this time there actually is a fire. This is all why Elie thinks she was possessed by an evil sporit. I don't blame her.
