CHARACTERS:
Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):
Madam Schachter: She thought that she was seeing fire and was screaming about it. Her son was trying to get her to stop, but then she got beat.
Elie: He knew who Madam Schachter was and when he listened to her son tell her that there was nothing there it made her very sad.
SETTING:
Detail the time and place the story is presently at:
Where were the prisoners brought? Auschwitz.
How were they transported? Train cattle cars
IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:
Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):
Describe the treatment of Madam Schachter. Why is she treated this way? She was tied up and beat as her son watched it happen. The reason this happened is because she wouldn't stop screaming and it was making people scared.
LITERARY ELEMENTS:
SIMILES AND METAPHORS: THREE EXAMPLES INCLUDING THE FIRE MADAM SCHACHTER SEES AND WHAT IT MIGHT REPRESENT.
Simile: "He looked us over as if we were a pack of leprous dogs hanging onto our lives."
Metaphor: "with crime inscribed on his brow"
Metaphor: "A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it."
Metaphor: "with crime inscribed on his brow"
Metaphor: "A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it."
This may be a foreshadow to how they are going to die in the chambers
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION
Minimum 4-5 Sentences
Why is Madame Schachter screaming? What is she screaming about? What could she be predicting?
She was looking into the future basically. Everybody was blind to the fact that they were being led right to where they were going to die. She knew though, it is a foreshadow to them getting burned. The Nazi's got her to shut up so she did not start a riot.
Your short answer can be a little more complex in sentence structure.
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