In the novel Dawn by Elie Wiesel, we are introduced to the main character of Elisha. Elisha knows he has to kill a man at dawn, because this is war as Gad puts it. Gad tells Elisha to put everything aside and carry out the order he was given, but Elisha can’t bring himself to do so. Elisha then recalls a beggar he met before everything began in the synagogue dressed in black clothing. The beggar taught him how to distinguish between day and night. The beggar wanted Elisha to understand that he shouldn’t be afraid of the night; for night has many faces. Throughout the novel there are many parts that speak to us, but the one that stood out to me is when Wiesel writes, “night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming.