Words in the passage that have negative connotations about the selection, “As if this were a game.” (line 72-73) This shows that for Dr. Mengele this is same thing as killing bugs, nothing for him to really think the selection is important, Jews is frightened of the selection, many of them were terrified. Words and phrases are repeated in the passage shows the negative thought of Elie about himself, “You are too skinny..you are too weak..you are too skinny, you are too weak…” (line 83-86) This represents that Elie thought he not going to pass the selection, negative thoughts overwhelmed him. Yossi and the author are both religious and they had hope, “I began to laugh... I was happy... I felt like kissing him…” (line 91) This shows that Elie and Yossi still …show more content…
Furthermore, the author’s purpose in this passage and overall in this book is to illustrates the bell in the camp was his nightmare, it’s tell him when he could do and when he couldn’t do something, he dreamed about the world with freedom, no bell. The author create a complex picture of the Blockalteste is a block elder who cares about his prisoners, “The Blockalteste appeared, his face reflecting our collective weariness. “It all went well. Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to anyone. Not to anyone . . .” (line 95-99) This shows that the Blockalteste is pretended nothing happened, even if Dr. Mengele wrote numbers of prisoners down they are still safe. In addition, impact does Wiesel’s word choice have on tone in this passage is the word “weariness”, the author is astonished of this block elder because he tried to bring hope to his