In this chapter, Elie has now completely adjusted to life within the camp. He still maintains his number one priority as staying together with his father, and keeping him alive. Elie begins to think of his father as a liability, but asks God to give him strength not to do so. On the subject of faith, Elie and the inmates continuously asks God how he could allow this type of cruelty to happen. The moment in which everyone's faith in God, and humanity is truly tested occurs when the Kapos host a public hanging. One of the victims of this hanging is a young boy. Everyone is shocked, as was I. After the hanging, Elie states "Behind me, I heard the same man asking: 'For God's sake, where is God?' And from within me, I heard a voice answer: 'Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows...'" (pg. 65) Hope within the inmates slowly begins to resurrect when they hear that the Russians are closing in in the camps. Everything feels as if it is getting brighter, and when Elie is taken to the hospital, he states that it is a lot calmer. The Russians are within attacking distance, and they actually bomb the camp. But as they wait for the Russians to liberate them, the inmates are forced to flee in the freezing cold snow. As the inmates are forced to run through the snow, many begin to lose their energy. Elie describes on inmate named Zalman as he was loosing the strength to carry on due to stomach pains. When Zalman finally falls behind, Elie states "I don't believe that he was finished off by an SS, for nobody had noticed. He must have died, trampled under the feet of the thousands of men who followed us." (pg. 86) The crowd of remaining inmates then rests in the snow, anxious of what will happen next. Hopefully, the next few chapters will involve Elie and his father's liberation, but at this point, I fear for the survival of one of them. Since Elie is telling the story and is alive today, the obvious choice is the father. I am just trying to imagine the light outside the tunnel at this point.