At the bottom of page 41 of Night, Elie writes, “Those were the first human words.” What does he mean by that statement?

The answers are as follows:  

a grown adult's point of view - a grown adult male - she speaks as a man that is remembering his encounter with a snake when he was a child

a child's point of view - as a child, he bent down to grab the snake - but the snake got away.  

Explanation:

Not sure if this helps, but these are the two ways in which you can interpret the ideas of point of view.