Comparing Night and Dawn

I also want to talk about Elie in this post Monica. Elie is such an interesting character, we could spend a lot of time discussing him. In Night, I would say that Elie was a rich character. I would not say that he was necessarily rich in the amount of money that he owned, but he was rich in character. He had God. He had a great family that he cared about. He also had a passion, which was learning. Then after the Holocaust and the book turns to Dawn, it all disappears. It seems to me that he has no sense of belonging. It is depressing in a way. Elie loved his family so much, and he choose not to go back to his home.
The tone of the two books has changed also. Night was full of fear. Dawn is full of fear, but also numbness and regret. Regret is a pretty hard thing to deal with. I do not know about you Monica, but regret is one of the hardest emotions for me to personally deal with. I stay up late at night thinking about what I should have done, or what I should have done differently. I bet Elie does the same, even to his day. I bet that he regrets killing all those people. I bet that regret is the hardest emotion that Elie has to deal with. He had dreams about it in the book. He probably still has dreams about it right now. Monica, do you think that regret is the hardest emotion to deal with? And do you think it is the hardest emotion to deal with for Elie?