Dawn First Post

In the beginning of Dawn, Elisha has some clear character traits to talk about. It seems that Elie wants someone to follow. That person is Gad. I suspect that he is looking for a person to follow, like a god. Since he no longer has his god, it is like he is alone. He needs someone to follow. Elisha is not a leader. Gad easily recruited him for his cause, as shown on page 11. "Gad had recruited me for the Movement and brought me to Palestine. He had made me into a terrorist." Also, it is clear that Elisha is a sensitive person. No one can blame him though, after he just went through the holocaust. As you already know, the Americans gave him the option of going home, but he refused. There was no life for him at home. I think that that would be something hard to go through. I know for myself, that family is important to me. I bet it is to you, Monica also. How would you feel if they were suddenly all gone? Home wouldn't be home anymore. I understand what Eliisha is going through. But besides sensitive, Elisha has a brave sense about him. He is willing to go out and kill someone.
Also, Gad is a really manipulating character. He knows how to convince people to do what he wanted. It was like he knew that Elisha used to be really religious, if he was, and he used that to his advantage. So Gad compared himself to biblical characters. "He said "I am Gad" in the same way the Jehovah said "I am that I am."" (14) I think that is what made Elisha really trust Gad. Gad could be the person that he had been looking for to replace god, like I talked about in the first paragraph.
Elisha looking to replace his god with someone else is a really big thing. I am pretty religious, and I believe in god fully. I trust what he does. It's hard for me to imagine a time when I would say that God does not exist, and I do not believe in him. Can you imagine yourself saying that, Monica?