Dawn Summary
Elie Wiesel

Dawn Summary

The novel takes place in Palestine over the course of a night. It is right after World War II, and Palestine is under the British occupation. The central character, Elisha is an eighteen-year-old young man, going on nineteen. This is his story as he traces how he comes to kill a man.

Elisha is a member of the Movement, a Jewish terrorist group, whose purpose is to drive out the English...

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