Bianca's Blitzkrieg ch2/3

"In the afternoon, they made us line up. Three prisoners brought a table and some medical instruments. We were told to roll up our left sleeves and file past the table. The three "veteran" prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name" (Wiesel 52).

Significance: In my English class we're reading Night, a story that is told by Ellie Wiesel and his experience in the Holocaust. This quote shows how he has being treated and how the Nazis numbered their workers. He no longer had a name he was just a number. It help explains the plot because the idea of going to a camp to work was no longer an idea, it was now a reality. He wasnt living his own life anymore. He got told everything, like his name, what to do, and when to do it. He had to follow the rules or else he would've gotten killed.