Dawn By Elie Wiesel Analysis

The Intolerable Thought of Jewish Loss During the holocaust, about six million Jews were killed in concentration camps and thousands of families were separated. In the 1940’s, Nazi power was too much for the Jewish people which stripped them of their pride, religion, and strength. This left many Jewish people unwilling to fight back against the Nazi’s and essentially roll over and accept defeat. In “Dawn” by Elie Wiesel, a different aspect of the holocaust was illustrated; this time the Jews rebelled against the Nazis and finally received the courage they needed to fight back in order to gain their freedom. “Dawn” illustrates an overwhelming theme of Jewish lost. The Holocaust brought an insurmountable amount of pain to the Jewish people which left them with nothing to lose and a great deal of anger. Elie Wiesel illustrates both Jewish loss and anger …show more content…
“Dawn” illustrates what Jews like Elisha had to do in order to defeat the Nazis, conquer their feeling of loss, and control their anger. As the last member of his family, Elisha was determined to secure a better future for himself and the entire Jewish population. To do so, he knew he would have to make sacrifices. At a synagogue, Elisha met with a man named Gad, a movement recruiter, that convinced Elisha to join the movement in order to defeat the Nazi regime and liberate the Jewish people from Nazi control. Shortly after joining the movement, Elisha and many other Jews realized they were going to face many tough decisions they weren’t sure they could make. The only way the Jewish movement could work was to kill, which left many Jews is a very uncomfortable spot. Jews began to question morality and their faith and what it meant to them. Motivated by survival and revenge, many Jews decided they would have to kill in order to defeat the Nazis, but some Jews like Elisha, felt differently. The