Why is madame schacter particularly distressed?

Answer 1

The reason why she was beaten I thought was because she was being loud and annoying everyone else on the carriage. There was obviously no fire or flames in sight of the Jews whilst they were on the carriage but she may of possibly heard some sort of story about the chimneys from others

Answer 2

Madame Sachachter was a passenger on the train on the way to Auschwitz concentration camp. The first night on the train she started screaming that she saw fire and a giant furnace outside of the only window on the train. The people looked to see if she was really seeing the fire. Nothing was there, and people pitied her, saying she had gone mad. Her young son was the only one who was there to comfort her. Every night she would continue to scream about the fire. It got to the point where men would hit her to keep her quiet. The way she talks about the fire and the furnace is almost as if she can see into the future. She managed to predict the fate of many Jews even though some found her mad.

Answer 3

Madame Schachter is particularly distressed because she is having visions of fire and destruction during her train journey to Auschwitz, causing her great fear and anxiety. These visions are a premonition of the horrors that await her at the concentration camp.

Answer 4

she was the woman that was the most respectful in the book

Answer 5

madame schacter is a passanger with the other jews who has visions of fire, others think she is crazy