Summary Of The Book Night

In the second chapter of the novel, Night, we begin to see more and more things occur. We start to see how the Jews are beginning to reach to everything that has started. “Lying down was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decided to take turns sitting. There was little air. The lucky ones found themselves near a window; they could watch the blooming countryside flit by. After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat” (23). The traveling conditions began to become worse and worse. It was awfully crowded and there was no room for anything. Everyone was terribly thirsty but they actually began to get used to not having anything to drink. This is terrible to picture considering everything we have as a society. We …show more content…
Schächter. She and her son were separated from her middle and eldest son and their father. “Mrs. Schächter has lost her mind. On the first day of the journey, she had already begun to moan. She kept asking why she had been separated from her family. Later, her sobs and screams became hysterical. On the third night, as we ere sleeping, some of us were sitting, huddled against each other, some of us standing, a piercing cry broke the silence: ‘Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!’” (24). Mrs. Schächter had gone absolutely crazy because there was no source of light in sight. This demonstrated how the people began reacting to what the Germans had started to do. The conditions and how she was separated from her family just drove her mentally insane. “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, the bound and gagged her” (25-26). Everyone traveling was going crazy because of everything that had gone on. Mrs. Schächter had begun to make all of the people around her more stressed out and really get them