Excerpt from: Night, by Elie Wiesel pg. 24
The two disappeared. The doors clanked shut. We had fallen into the trap up to our necks. The doors were nailed,
the way back irrevocably cut off. The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car.
13. What is the meaning of the metaphor in the quote below?
"We had fallen into the trap up to our necks. The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off. The
world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car"
a. The trap signifies the discomfort that Wiesel felt being in the cramped car
b. The cattle represent how dehumanized Wiesel felt in the car
c. The way back is representative of the author's regrets
d. The doors are a metaphor for change of one's inner sense of belonging
