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.