Answer:
Very nice. But wants the question?
Elie won't be a child, and his father will not be an old man. This man saved their lives, and another inmate berates them for not getting away sooner. They are stuck now. The sorting is one of the most tragic events that befalls Elie and his father.
Answer:
Yes.
Explanation:
At the time it was. It wasn't between the 1800s when human flight wasnt such a unusual way to transport people.