Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of night. we tried to reason with her, more to calm ourselves, to catch our breath, than to soothe 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. what quotation indicates that the author’s purpose is to justify actions in an intolerable situation? “we tried to reason with her, more to calm ourselves, to catch our breath, than to soothe her.” “but it was all in vain.” “it was as though madness had infected all of us.” “a few young men forced her to sit down, then bound and gagged her.”

The answer is: “It was as though madness had infected all of us.”

In the excerpt from "Night," by Elie Wiesel, the narrator describes how Madame Schächter's terrible screaming alters all the prisoners' mental state and is finally fastened so that she cannot cry out anymore, with the encouragement of the rest of the people. As a result, the narrator suggests the reason for acting like that against the woman is caused by the inhuman conditions the Jews are going through, which finally put them against one another.

muir's use of diction creates a mood of urgency and fear. the highlighted words - difficult, difficult, force, crooked, struggling, tangled, fallen, fear, faint and hungry - come together to make you feel that the author is in danger. the imagery is clear so that it comes alive in your mind. diction can create a mood which can bring everything else together.

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