Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night . Pressed tightly against one another, in an effort to resist the cold, our heads empty and heavy, our brains a whirlwind of decaying memories. Our minds numb with indifference. The most likely reason the author uses the word whirlwind in this excerpt is to show

A whirlwind suggests something moving quickly and chaotically. By describing the characters’ memories as a “whirlwind,” the author conveys the confused rush of fading thoughts in their exhausted minds. “Rapid confusion” best matches this image; “sudden disinterest” is suggested instead by the phrase “numb with indifference.”

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