The book Dawn written by Elie Wiesel is a short yet deep book which covers many issues, one key topic is about life and death. In general I feel that Elie doesn't put enough emphasis on the value to life instead, death is mentioned so often in the book that every earth doesn't hold a significant value anymore. The death of each person in the book is barely remembered, suggesting that it isn't of much importance. The view on death of all in the book is that it is inevitable, when Gad asked Elisha to join the terrorist group, he stated ” give me ur fate ......” This implies that once Elisha joins the group, his fate will no longer be his, the terrorist group now controls him. As the author of the book, Elie most definitely has a pitying and sympathetic feeling towards Elisha. Nowadays, Elisha would surely be looked down upon and even hate, being known as a terrorist and labeled as a murderer. People similar to Elisha are almost always though of as cold, heartless, and even insane people. This books sheds light on the a terrorist's point of view, and allows the reader to imagine the pain and suffering felt by Elisha that has made him the way he is. Instead of …show more content…
Each time, he goes through a rollercoaster of emotions before and after the killing...... First example (threw up) it is understandable how killing someone for the first time would be traumatizing. Elisha is clearly having a hard time justifying his actions. Even at the end of the book, Elisha still questions himself. When he expresses his concerns to his friends they reply, (it's war). Still, Elisha has a difficult time killing John Dawson, someone who has never wrong him before. For this reason, Elisha went to John’s prison cell prior to the exuctition to get to know him. Despite his tendency to like Dawson, he was looking for reasons to hate him, and reasons convince himself that it is okay to execute