In our wagon, there was a friend of my father's, Meir Katz . . . . Less undernourished than the rest of us, detention had been easier on him. Because he was stronger than most of us, he had been put in charge of our wagon . . . .

And Meir Katz, the strong one, the sturdiest of us all, began to cry. His son had been taken from him during the first selection but only now was he crying for him. Only now did he fall apart. He could not go on. He had reached the end.

–Night,
Elie Wiesel

In this passage, the author’s viewpoint is that the situation is so terrible, everyone is impacted by the despair. What evidence supports this?

“detention had been easier on him.”
“the sturdiest of us all, began to cry.”
“he had been put in charge of our wagon.”
“there was a friend of my father’s, Meir Katz.”