Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night. We tried to reason with her, more to calm ourselves, to catch our breath, than to soot
he her: "She is hallucinating because she is thirsty, poor woman . . . That's why she speaks of flames devouring her . . .” But it was all in vain. Our terror could no longer be contained. Our nerves had reached a breaking point. Our very skin was aching. It was as though madness had infected all of us. We gave up. A few young men forced her to sit down, then bound and gagged her.
Based on this excerpt from Chapter 2 of <em>Night </em>by Elie Wiesel, it is described by the narrator how Madame Schacter's shrieking screams affects the mental state of the prisoners until she is finally confined so she cannot disturb others with her screams.
Because of this, the narrator insinuates that woman is acting that way because of the terrible experiences the Jews were facing.
