Question

In Elie Wiesel's Night, Mrs. Schachter, the "madwoman," repeatedly screams that she sees flames. When the train arrives at the

concentration camp, the other Jews see that in this case she is right: they see the flames from the crematorium chimney.
What effect does this
image have in the memoir?

Answer 1

It is chilling, the speculation and wonder about what was really happening is finally realized. Mrs. Schachter had disturbed the train care with what appeared to be ravings from a hellish scenario to come. And finally here it was, the unknown reality, becoming a known and nightmarish hell.