Excerpt from: Night by Elie Wiesel pg. 59
In no time the camp had the look of an abandoned ship. No living soul in the alleys. Next to the kitchen, two
cauldrons of hot, steaming soup had been left untended. Two cauldrons of soup! Smack in the middle of the
road, two cauldrons of soup with no one to guard them! A royal feast going to waste! Supreme temptation!
Hundreds of eyes were looking at them, shining with desire. Two lambs with hundreds of wolves lying in wait
for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking. But who would dare?
14. What is the meaning of the metaphor in the quote above?
a. The soup in the middle of the road represents Wiesel's growing hunger
b. The lambs represent a theme of fear
c. The reference to two lambs shows evidence of the soup's vulnerability
d. The middle of the road signifies the danger of decision making
