Answer:
The Party also ensures control over citizens by disrupting personal loyalties to anything other than itself. ... The Party exploits personal and collective fears to maintain Party loyalty and suppress revolt, both through the threat of violence and actual violence.
Explanation:
Since 'next' is a time-order word, you need another.
'Then' is a time-order word. You are not stating a 'fact', nothing happened abruptly, or 'suddenly', and you aren't comparing anything, 'similarly'.
The reason the author may have chosen short sentences is to show Elie’s racing thoughts of depression, anxiety, and struggle with his pessimistic thoughts about possibly being chosen for the next (i think it’s called selection) selection to the ovens.
I hope this helps I tried to remember when I read this
