What are the functions of the earliest stories?

Throughout the memoir, the prisoners are made equal in the way they are treated, and again, eliezer sees their equality in another way. how does he describe the equality?

Arrange the events below in chronological order. claudius and polonius hide themselves and listen in on hamlet's conversation with ophelia. claudius decides that hamlet's madness is not caused by neglected love and that he is dangerous. rosencrantz and guildenstern tell claudius that they still do not know the cause of hamlet's behavior. polonius suggests that he will hide and listen as the queen talks with hamlet.

Lines 9-12 compare the "ashes of youth" to a deathbed twilight fire youth