Eliezer notices that Mrs. Schächter doesn't seem affected by the optimism the other prisoners on the train feel when they hear what the two men who fetched water tell them. How does this contrast help to develop one of the key themes
in Night?
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A. This contrast illustrates that an unstable woman like Mrs. Schächter should not be heeded.
B. This contrast shows that an apparently insane person has correctly foreseen the real horrors that await them.
C. This contrast demonstrates that Eliezer is too impressionable.
D. This contrast reveals that Mrs. Schachter becomes an impediment to the prisoners' attempts to remain hopeful.