Seated in his hereditary elbow chair, and looking around him like the sun of the solar system, beaming warmth and gladness to every heart, the old gentleman was hospitality itself.

성문기본영어에서 나오는 부분인데요
looking around him like the sun of the solar system을 마치그가 태양계의 태양처럼 주의를 둘러보았다라고 해석이 되어있는데
여기서 him은 뭐라고 해석해야 하고 him은 여기서 무슨 역할과 구조를 지니고 있나요?