Elie or Elisha?
"Seeing myself with the eyes of the past I imagined that I was in the dark gray uniform of an SS officer" (D. 27). The SS officer's control Elie while Elisha now sees himself acting like the SS officers. Night and Dawn tells the story of how Jews survived the Holocaust and are both written by Elie Wiesel. Elisha is more independent than Elie.
Elie stays by his father's side while Elisha depends on himself to survive. "I decided to give my father lessons myself, to teach him how to change step and to keep to the rhythm" (N. 53). This quote shows that Elie is close to his fa…
