Quote #2 for section 2.

Quote 2:
" Not cry? We're on the threshold of death... soon we shal have crossed over... don't you understand? How could I not cry?" (Pg. 45 Yechiel)

Analysis:
He is pretty much saying that they have no choice anymore, that now, they have to give up. They don't have a chance to get away, that chance or decision was over when they left their homes in the first place. Everyone is going to die and you never know who will be the next to step on the threshold of death. Watching your family die will be hard and your going to break down eventually.