In this passage, the author's viewpoint is that the
situation is so terrible, everyone is impacted by the
despair. what evidence supports this?
in our wagon, there was a friend of my father's, meir katz
less undernourished than the rest of us, detention
had been easier on him. because he was stronger than
most of us, he had been put in charge of our
and meir katz, the strong one, the sturdiest of us all
began to cry. his son had been taken from him during the
first selection but only now was he crying for him. only
now did he fall apart. he could not go on. he had reached
the end
--night,
elie wiesel
"detention had been easier on him."
"the sturdiest of us all, began to cry."
"he had been put in charge of our wagon."
"there was a friend of my father's, meir katz."