A theme that I saw in both books was fear. Both Elie and Elisha were afraid of many things going through their lives, and it showed that both had a hard time going through of them. In both Night and in Dawn, they constantly had life obstacles interfere with them throughout the novel. Night showed Elie going through the troubles of how everyone was treated in the Holocaust, while Dawn showed the expression of all the hardships encountered while facing the troubles of gaining something truly wanted. For them to get to where they were by the end of both novels they had to go through ups and downs just to get to where they wanted to be; and I greatly admire them for it. They are one of the few people who never stopped believing in themselves, and they got very far in their lives because of it. If only both Elie and Elisha went through the journey together, I think they would have overcome their fears a lot quicker because both had the endurance to overcome their fears, but if they had each other there, then they would have someone like them to help them strive even more.
Although both Elie and Elisha had agonizing stories they shared with the reader, I realized that not only did Elisha have to gain independence from Palestine again, but I kept forgetting throughout the book that he just came out of the Holocaust as well. Since I noticed this, I realized that the hardships in a person’s life never really end; you just have to keep trying to get to where you want to be.
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