Question

Read the excerpt from Night:

The bell. It was already time to part, to go to bed. The bell regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them blindly. I hated the bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell.

What does the bell symbolize?

Select EACH correct answer


the lost music of the past


the prisoner's lack of control


the desire to get more sleep


the animal-like response of the prisoners

Answer 1

The prisoner's lack of control

Step-by-step explanation:

The bell symbolized the lack of control prisoners had over their own lives, as the author says, " It gave me orders and I executed them blindly" and "The bell regulated everything". These two sentences show that the bell is giving the person here edicts that the person is and has to follow. To Regulate means to 'control'.

How the person executes the orders blindly shows how they have no control.