Excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel (1956) At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, as usual the bell summoned all the heads of the blocks to go and report. They came back shattered. They could only just open their lips enough to say the word:evacuation. The camp was to be emptied, and we were to be sent farther back. Where to? To somewhere right in the depths of Germany, to other camps:there was no shortage of them. "When?" "Tomorrow evening." "Perhaps the Russians will arrive first." "Perhaps." We knew perfectly well that they would not. What do the men know about the evacuation?What inferences do they make about the news? What inferences do we make as readers from this excerpt?

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Excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel (1956) At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, as usual the bell summoned all the heads of the blocks to go and report. They came back shattered. They could only just open their lips enough to say the word:evacuation. The camp was to be emptied, and we were to be sent farther back. Where to? To somewhere right in the depths of Germany, to other camps:there was no shortage of them. "When?" "Tomorrow evening." "Perhaps the Russians will arrive first." "Perhaps." We knew perfectly well that they would not. What do the men know about the evacuation?What inferences do they make about the news? What inferences do we make as readers from this excerpt?

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The men know that the camp is to be evacuated and they will be sent farther back, likely to other camps in Germany. They infer that the evacuation will occur the next evening. However, they express doubt that the Russians will arrive before then. As readers, we infer the bleakness of the situation and the resignation of the men to their fate. The lack of hope or belief that the Russians will arrive suggests a deep sense of despair and helplessness in the face of their circumstances.

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