Bystanders or Nazis by Maddi Palmer

In the book Night, Elie was more angry and upset with the bystanders of the world, then the Nazis themselves. One reason he was more mad at the bystanders was when he saw the bodies burning. They reached the camp and his mom and sister were separated from him forever. He went with his dad as they needed to pass the inspection. They started moving towards the flames of flesh as he saw trucks of babies and children being tossed into the pits like animals. One by one he saw them burning, hearing their loud cries for help. His body filled with rage as he said almost yelling," How is it possible that men, women, and children were being burned as the world kept silent." He wanted to go and stop hem but his dad reassured him and kept him calm.Another reason why he was angrier at the world than the Nazis was for what they were letting them do. They reached the long barracks and were immediately forced to strip. They took their clothes and shaved their heads. They were utterly and completely humiliated. As he blamed the world for allowing these horrific murders and dehumanization crimes, he watched his father get slapped which enraged him further. They reached another room where they were finally able to sit. Elie's father got a sudden tummy ache and politely asked the guard where the restrooms are. The guard stood back and swung his arm as hard as he could, striking him in the face. Elie felt useless as his father fell to the ground. He wanted to run up and rip the guard into shreds, but due to the circumstances, he knew he couldn't. He hated the world more than ever now. He didn't understand how they could let people do such torturing thing to other humans. These thoughts ran through his head as he said, " I shall never forget that nocturanl silence that deprived me of the desire to live." The idea that the world allowed these crimes to happen to his people and him personaly  devoured his will to even live.  While some people my think that Eli hated the Nazis, however he is actually mad at the bystanders of the world. He blamed them for all of it, for all f the cruelty, and that  they're the reason why  they're going through such devastating things. He just couldn't understand why this was going on and on the inside, he knew the world was to blame. Elie was mad at the bystanders more than the Nazis for these reasons.

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Was She in Her Right Mind by: Cade White

While Elie was on his doom ride to an evil place, Mrs. Shafter had heard rumors, and some of the conditions made her insane enough to see a false fire. Back in Signet, Romania, Moische, a beggar, had told them about how bad the Nazi's were from his experience. Nobody believed him for it was supposedly a rumor. From the United States Holocaust Museum, there are oral history's and historical films that show and tell how some Jews had known where that were going because they heard about gas chambers. Most likely Mrs. Shafter heard these rumors, planting images of fire and death in her mind. Another reason Mrs. Shafter was a hallucinating  could have been from the conditions she was experiencing. The cramped space made it about impossible to breathe; the little to no light made it feel as if she was close to death twenty-four seven, and the little to no food and water made her starve and become dizzy. She was separated from her husband and son which made her lose her senses. All these harsh conditions compacted on her mind could lead to hallucination of a death that she had already heard about. Some people think that she was in her right mind because she was right when the fire came, however, why was she screaming throughout the nights and had to be hit to be shut up. From the rumors to the conditions, Mrs. Shafter had every reason to see the fire and hallucinate.

Joe - The woman on the train

In the book Night, Mrs. Schachter heard rumors about crematoriums  and the conditions on train car caused her to hallucinate the fires from the buildings. The first thing that started the hallucinations were the Rumors. One person she heard rumors from was Moische the beggar. He was deported, but he managed to survive and find his way back to the town. After he came back, he walked around town telling everybody about the horrors to come. Mrs. Schachter most likely heard Moische and heard his horrible tales. Though she did not believe the rumors at the time, the conditions on the train car could have caused her to hallucinate. On the train the Jews had little food and water. They were sleep deprived and the stench was awful.On top of that, she lost her family. The lack of sleep, dehydration, and the loss of her family could have caused Mrs. Schachter to hallucinate about crematoriums and the conditions on the train car caused her to hallucinate the fire.

The Jews were still smiling - Jaylyn

The Jews held content,clueless smiles on their faces before the holocaust because they had faith in humanity. One reason the Jews had faith in humanity is that they were treated well. When the Nazis showed up in the towns of Jews they were kind, gentle, and giving. little did the Jews know that they were only prepping up for horrible times to come. For example, the Nazis would throw bread onto the streets for the starving Jews, earning their trust piece by piece. The Nazis also bought chocolate from the Jews and treated them as if they were friends all along. Another reason the Jews had faith in humanity is because of their strong belief without a clue of what was going on, they didn't believe the things that they should have and did believe the things they shouldn't. They just couldn't believe the such friendly, kind people would show such cruelty. When the the Jews heard things about the Nazis being bad people, they would say things like, that's crazy, or I won't believe that. Once, Ernst Happner, a Jew of a small town once said, "that's what we heard, but we just could not believe it. That was too incongruous." How could they believe that the Nazi's were gearing up to ruin their lives when  they were treated so well? The Jews had strong faith in humanity, so even when the mischievous Nazi's landed in their town, a smile never left their face.