Question

4. What connection might there be between Madame Schácter's treatment on the train and

possible future events in the concentration camp? What are some other ways that Wiesel
foreshadows, or hints at the horrors ahead?

Answer 1

She had visions and kept telling everyone that she saw "flames" and a "great fire." It's hot and stuffy inside the train so her shouts were not comforting. When everyone arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau they saw fire and flames