Examples Of Never Shall I Forget That Smoke By Elie Wiesel

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“Never shall I forget that smoke” (34). The quote “Never shall I forget that smoke” (34). Is the single most important quote in the first 3 chapters of this book. In this book Elie goes through the most catastrophic event in the history of the world. Starting in chapter 3 of Night Elie’s terrors start as he is forced to walk slowly towards what he thought would be his death. As he was just steps away from the crematorium a SS officer told him to go left. All during this time Elie was considering running directly into the electrified fence to cut his time at Auschwitz short. Soon after he is placed in a barracks where he has been sorted through by age, health and occupation. For the next 8 days he is running around doing anything to blend in