Question

Hopelessness, sadness. Which supporting detail from Night by Elie Wiesel reflects best the key ideas listed above?

Answer 1

Answer:

B/. "Not cry? We’re on the threshold of death. Soon, we shall be inside."

Explanation:

Elie Weisel's memoir "Night" recounts his harrowing experiences during the Jewish discrimination under the German Nazi government. This memoir contains a first-person witness account of one of the most heinous crimes ever done in the history of the world.

Elie Weisel narrates his life from before the discrimination starts to after the Holocaust which rendered him even questioning his own existence and belief system in God. The theme or idea of hopelessness and sadness is evident in the scene where Yehiel embraced him while crying. Amidst the throng of people trying to find their loved ones in the crowd after they had been rounded up by the Gestapo. Weisel couldn't understand why Yehiel was crying, for he believed there are more important things to spend one's energy on, other than crying. But Yehiel lamented "Not cry? We’re on the threshold of death. Soon, we shall be inside" which shows a sense of hopelessness and even dread and sadness over their possible future of being exterminated once they are brought to the camps.