This story is not true because the elapsed time between 9:00 pm and 4:00 am is five hours. The author also says the words "must've" which do not indicate an exact answer. I hope this helps!
Personification.
- This is because the wall is given “person” characteristics. They wall cannot actually stare. You can remember personification by “person” :) It’s when an inanimate object is given traits are characteristics of that of a human/ person.
Anyways I wanna help anyways I thought it was because he thought the elephant should die because of what its done