Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. it is unbelievable how fast people adapt. it hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. ‘home’ was the edge of the wooden plank i sat on as i dreamed of the jewish exiles of antiquity and the middle ages. more curious than afraid, i thought of myself as their brother. mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure. which best describes the author at this point in his life? a. he comprehends the situation but is trying to remain optimistic. b. he reveals the torment he feels while riding the train to the unknown. c. he is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening. d. he is troubled by how quickly the others have accepted the current condition.

The option that best describes the author at this point in his life is:

c. He is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening.

Explanation:

Wiesel was only 15 years old when he and his family were taken during the Holocaust. In this particular excerpt of "All Rivers Run to the Sea", he recounts how naive he was back then, to the point of feeling "undeniable excitement". He sees the situation through the eyes of innocence, understanding only that they are living a historical moment. However, the fact the he is excited about what is to come shows he is still incapable of comprehending how cruel their situation truly is. Unlike others, he could not predict the horrors about to take place. He was "more curious than afraid".

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explanation:

figurative language is a resource that fiction writers use to make better descriptions of what they want to write about or express. they can improve their stories, as they can elaborate more vivid and colorful sentences. this way, the reader will be able to have more detailed images in his/her mind.

places, objects, people and even feelings or emotions can be described with a lot of detail to metaphors, similes and personifications. making different kinds of comparisons to make a description more specific, as well as assigning human qualities to non-human objects (and vice-versa) can be very useful for science fiction writers.  

on the other hand, alliterations allow writers to elaborate more entertaining and creative sentences. it consists in using a sequence of words that start with the same consonant letter. they can be used to emphasize something important the writer wants to express, or just as a fun literary device.