Grayson Mouratoff Kevin Mosby English Period 2 March 21, 2023 Dehumanization/Revenge In Dawn, author Elie Wiesel reveals that those involved in the terrorist organization turn dehumanized and desensitized by their need for revenge, warping them into killer robots who are capable of feeling no emotion. Elisha, who is new to the terrorist organization, is being taught the ropes of how to be a terrorist. He says, “Gad told us. ‘It’s cruel–inhuman, if you like. But we have no other choice.’ (...) If we must become more unjust and inhuman than those who have been unjust and inhuman to us, then we shall do so” (Wiesel 22). Gad is expressing his deep belief in the value of vengeance, and that they have to adapt to become willing to do these acts. Gad says that they have had enough of trying to be the good guys, and that those who stay non-vengeful will have to go through …show more content…
This proves that they are naturally desensitized to violence, and Gad deeply believes that the only way for the Jews to prosper is to enact revenge. The word “inhuman” is used many times to imply that in order to defeat the British, the terrorists must step down to a level as low as them, so they can enact revenge. By Elisha being taught how to be a terrorist, he is slowly dehumanized, desensitized to violence, and is incapable of returning to his previous state. Gad uses the reasoning that because the British are acting inhuman, it makes sense for them to respond inhumanly. Wiesel proves that this only makes them hypocrites of their own abuse, making them as inhuman as those that they compared to wild rabbits. The methods of terrorism that the members learn from terrorist school transform them into lethal weapons, only relying on their intent to kill to drive them. When Joab is questioned by police