Saturday, April 26, 2008

Night pages: 23-28

In chapter two (secton two) of Night, the Jews are being treated inhuman by being put into a closed and small place for them to be transported by train. These conditions are horrible until they arrive at the Czechoslovakian border, where it is almost impossible to escape.

Madame Schächter begins to scream and others believe she has become crazy. So others tie her up and stuff her mouth so that she is unable to scream. When she decides to scream again she is beaten and the process continues. When they find out they are at Auschwitz station, they are told they will be treated with care. As night time arrives, Madame Schächter begins to yell again and then she is beaten in order for her to be quiet.

The Jews later find out they are at Birkenaut, a place where newcomers arrives. They also begin to notice a horrible odor which they cannot put they finger on. The odor is the terrible smell of burning human flesh. The kind of hatred that is portrayed in this novel is inhuman and disgusting.

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