Night
Night
What is significant about this simile choice? "Awoke with a start. He sat up, bewildered, stunned, like an orphan."
What is significant about this simile choice? "Awoke with a start. He sat up, bewildered, stunned, like an orphan."
The "orphan" is something Elie has thought about. At times Elie even wished his father dead. Elie could barely keep himself alive let alone worrying about a sick old man who does not always have the will to live.