What Is The Mood Of The Story Dawn By Elie Wiesel

Dawn, by Elie Wiesel, is one of the greatest fictional stories. The story is focused around the time of the year 1960. When an 18-year-old boy named Elisha is bound to become an assassin at dawn. After his survival in World War II, he has settled in Palestine and joined a Jewish underground movement. Elisha is then commanded to execute a British officer who they had taken hostage. But through it, all he’s only concern was if he truly wanted to live through a nightmare in which was to be called a murder. One major event in the story is leading toward the end Elisha is in a room full of people, as the clock was ticking to reach dawn. There’s a catch the people in the room were not actually alive, he was face to face with the dead. They were all

“Standing near the window I looked out at the transparent twilight whose descent made the city seem silent, motionless, unreal and very far away.” (Wiesel 143). Given the time of the setting in the story, it has a big impact on the mood due to the fact that they are coming out of a very big scar that has been left on our world. The mood was very sadistic, depressing, and fearful. In the story, the setting in Elisha’s eyes was always presented as lonely and dark. As though no one roamed the streets and everyone was going through a tough time. The significance of location choice is a very big aspect in the story due to being a Jew in the time of WWII many had to immigrate to near countries and states, one being in the area of Israel. Choosing a different location would make the story different in many ways. As the story is of a young survivor of the Holocaust after WWII, so due to its background of the main character having the story set anywhere else that is not a place common for Jews to be in after WWII, it would just make the story a whole lot

He was being held hostage and was to be executed without know the reason for his execution. I can compare John Dawson to myself in the sense of being in such a tough position, hours, minutes, seconds away from death he remained or at least tried to remain calm and somewhat had a sense of humor. When facing a difficult task I can say the one thing I focus on is trying to stay calm. As if I was to let it take over me then it would lead to a huge chaos. “There was no trace of anger or hate in his voice. Probably he too felt clearheaded and assured.” (Wiesel 208). Despite being in his position he showed little to no emotion toward Elisha. No fear, hate, or sadness, it was almost hard to read his emotions. But not only he had quite the sense of humor. Reaching his time he began to smile and laugh a little. Being in a stressful and unwanted position can sometimes make me laugh out of the blue, its just when being in a situation that you are not so sure of all one can do is find humor out of it. A major difference between us both would be the lack of care he showed in his current situation. Despite trying to always stay calm it isn't always the easiest. But the lack of care he showed was truly crazy. I can most definitely say I would for sure handle such a situation as that or different with much different