Question

When two caldrons of soup were left out during the bombing: Eli writes

that the soup cauldrons are, "Two lambs with hundreds of wolves lying in
wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking" (59).
What kind of figurative language it this?
The book it night by Elie Wiesel

Answer 1

Answer: Eli is inferring that the soup cauldrons are equivalent to 1 lamb, likely that Eli sees the cauldrons of soup as lambs, (the main ingredient).