As I read about the woman screaming about a fire that doesn't exist and Elie talk about the others on the train beating her up, I see fright in the others that surround her and this is there only reaction. They are not thinking clearly, due to the fact of being seperated from family members and also they have no idea where they are going to end up. I see irony, though, in her hullicination of the fire for days and days while they are on the train, crammed together. This leads to an actual fire towards the end of the chapter, which is strange to me.
The torcher still goes on for the Jews. Elie tells us that they eat very little and are all jammed on a train, which will not allow the total capacity to sit or lay down at one time. The German army steals the Jews gold, silver and watches. If any of the Jews are found with those items, trying to keep them, were shot on the spot, Wiesel states. First the Germans steal their items and the Jews cannot even try to protect themselves. What a spot to be in!
Elie Wiesel does not tell us much about what he does himself on the train. But he tells us that he sees a woman with her 10 year old son, and she starts to flip out about a fire that has no existence. When the train finally arrives at the station, there is an actual fire that occurs. Isn't this ironic?
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