Question

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.

Answer 1

C

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Answer 2

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

Step-by-step explanation:

Elie Wiesel's Memoir "All Rivers Run To The Sea" is a captivating recollection and remembrances of the author from when he was a little boy. With the coming of the Nazi regime and the prosecution of the Jews, Wiesel who himself is a Jew from Hungary, recounts the before and after of his life and the memories that play a huge role in his memoir. The provided passage is of when the author was just a young boy and naive to really understand what is happening in the real world.