What is the author's primary purpose in this passage?
to inform readers that the train had reached its stopy
Which phrase best supports the author's purpose?
How does the memoir genre allow the author to
achieve his purpose in this passage?
Through the windows, we saw barbed wire; we
understood that this was the camp
Suddenly there was a terrible scream: "Jews, look! Look
at the fire! Look at the flames!"
And as the train stopped, this time we saw flames rising
from a tall chimney into a black sky..
We jumped out. I glanced at Mrs. Schächter. Her little
boy was still holding her hand.
In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of
burning flesh. It must have been about midnight. We had
arrived at Birkenau, reception center for Auschwitz.
-Night,
Elie Wiesel