In the novel Dawn, author Elie Wiesel writes an interesting story about a young man just eighteen years of age named Elisha. In the hopes to find asylum after the Americans liberated Buchenwald, he arrives in Paris to start over and attend the Sorbonne to study philosophy. As fate would have it, there’s a knock on the door, before him stands a young man, Gad. Though there’s a calmness in the way he speaks, Elisha is still uncomfortable. Oddly, as the conversation continues, Elisha discovers Gad knows everything about him and he is clueless as to whom Gad is and his purpose. Explanation for the official visit is due to a conflict with the English and new recruits are needed. With considerable thought, he accepts, for there is nothing more he could lose since he’d already lost his family. With this acceptance, he will abandon everything and join the Movement to free themselves from Israel for the future of Palestine.
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Wiesel himself writes, “If today I am only a question mark, he is responsible” (152). Wiesel’s point is, before meeting Gad, Elisha had his own identity and now a killer is what identifies him. For this, he faults Gad.
The novel “Dawn”, by Elie Wiesel, is a multifaceted story of a young man who’s lost everything. Consequently, his decisions had led him to this particular moment and coming to terms with these choices is not an easy feat. After all, meeting this young stranger Gad, will change the course of his
Wiesel himself writes, “If today I am only a question mark, he is responsible” (152). Wiesel’s point is, before meeting Gad, Elisha had his own identity and now a killer is what identifies him. For this, he faults Gad.
The novel “Dawn”, by Elie Wiesel, is a multifaceted story of a young man who’s lost everything. Consequently, his decisions had led him to this particular moment and coming to terms with these choices is not an easy feat. After all, meeting this young stranger Gad, will change the course of his