The Drowned and the Saved
Describe symbolism in The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi
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In Chapter Five, Levi notes that the elderly are most traumatized by relieving themselves in public, so a chamber pot behind a rigged screen symbolizes that they are not yet animals.
The Drowned and the Saved