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Hate In Dawn By Eli Wiesel

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In the book Dawn by Eli Wiesel, Elisha is talking about how he wanted to hate John Dawson for the because of the terrorist but he is not sure that is his reason. When John asks he why he hates him Elisha is not sure why. So Elisha decides to ask himself why is he doing this to reassure himself that is what he doing is right. Elisha try’s to confirm his hate by going to see talking with John before killing him. To find himself and what he really wants to hate he asks his self why he hates. Elisha says to himself “A man hates his enemy become he hates his own hate.”(214). To find reason in his killing Elisha thinks about what makes a man hate his enemy’s so he looks at him self first dose he hate himself is that why. In this scene in the

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