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Read this excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel.

One day when I was able to get up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror…From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.
What does this image from the excerpt mean?


The author realizes that he will soon die.

The author recognizes that he is spiritually and emotionally dead.

The author sees the face of his dead father staring back at him.

The author can see the dead bodies in the background of the hospital room.

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its b - the author recognizes that he is spiritually and emotionally dead

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Answer: b) The author recognizes that he is spiritually and emotionally dead.

Step-by-step explanation: In the given excerpt from "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the speaker describes the moment he was able to get up, because he was in bed, unable to get up, and he looked himself in the mirror and saw "a corpse" looking back at him, when the speaker mention a corpse, he is referring to himself, he used that metaphor to give the idea of his spiritual and emotional death.

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