What is the significance of the following passage from chapter 4 after the prisoners are forced to watch the hanging of the young pipel? Choose the best response below.
“Behind me, I heard the same man asking:
"’Where is God now?’"
And I heard a voice within me answer him:
"’Where is He? Here He is—He is hanging here on this gallows. ... ‘"
a
Elie believes that the pipel is God and will ultimately save them.
b
Elie is so distressed by the hanging, that he does not know what he is actually seeing.
c
Elie is so angry at God that he is trying to get the other prisoners to turn away from Him.
d
It is at this moment that Elie believes that God is dead; he has lost his faith.
d
It is at this moment that Elie believes that God is dead; he has lost his faith.