Night

Night

What is significant about this simile choice? "Awoke with a start. He sat up, bewildered, stunned, like an orphan."

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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.