What quotation indicates that the author's purpose
is to justify actions in an intolerable situation?
O "We tried to reason with her, more to calm
ourselves, to catch our breath, than to soothe
her."
Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night.
We tried to reason with her, more to calm ourselves,
to catch our breath, than to soothe her:
"She is hallucinating because she is thirsty, poor
woman ... That's why she speaks of flames
devouring her..."
But it was all in vain. Our terror could no longer be
contained. Our nerves had reached a breaking
point. Our very skin was aching. It was as though
madness had infected all of us. We gave up. A few
young men forced her to sit down, then bound and
gagged her.
O "But it was all in vain."
O "It was as though madness had infected all of us.
O "A few young men forced her to sit down, then
bound and gagged her."