It showed that the community was falling apart and everyone was going to turn against each other.
The treatment of Madame Schachter, who had visions of fire on the train to Auschwitz, revealed the increasing fear and paranoia within the community as they approached the concentration camp. It also demonstrated how the community tried to suppress or ignore harsh realities in order to cope with their own fears and discomfort.
Madame Schachter's treatment on the train foreshadows the suffering and mistreatment that the Jews will face in the concentration camp. Her screams and visions represent the fear and trauma that the Jews will experience during their time in the camp, highlighting the brutality and inhumanity of the Holocaust.
Yes, Madame Schachter dies during the Holocaust. She is separated from her son and is unable to find him again before she is killed in the gas chambers.
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she awakens them to the terror of their situation
When Madame Schachter screams for the first time on the train to Auschwitz, people react with shock, confusion, and fear. They are unsure of what is happening and initially try to quiet her, but her intense fear and despair eventually start to affect those around her. This scene foreshadows the horrors they are about to experience in the concentration camp.
Madame Schacter is a passenger who screams that she sees a fireever day. ( its in chapter 2)
To keep madame schachter quiet, several strong men from the train car would beat her, till she stopped. They nearly killed her several times. While and after they did this, her son would just sit next to her holding her hand.
Madam Schachter's screams had an adverse effect on the passengers in the cattle wagon. They got annoyed with her and when she would not shut up, they began to beat her.
Madame Schachter becomes silent because the other passengers on the train tie her up and gag her to prevent her from screaming and causing hysteria as they travel to Auschwitz. They want to avoid drawing attention to themselves and potentially attracting unwanted repercussions from the guards.
Madam Schachter's screams had an adverse effect on the passengers in the cattle wagon. They got annoyed with her and when she would not shut up, they began to beat her.
the fire
Madame Schachter's visions of fire and destruction on the train are later confirmed when the passengers arrive at Auschwitz and witness the actual burning of bodies. This suggests that her so-called madness was actually a premonition of the horrors that would unfold, making her a tragic visionary rather than simply crazy.