Dawn on the Horizon - My essay summarizing Elie Wiesel's book Dawn, also with book quotes included.

The story of Dawn is a provocative first hand look into the world of terrorism, through the eyes of an eighteen year old man, Elisha. Previously, having survived hell in the Holocaust, Elisha now finds himself as a freshly recruited Terrorist in the holy land of Palestine. However, Elisha finds that being a terrorist is not all fun and games. Elisha is given the orders, that at dawn of the next morning he will have …

…in all, when reading Dawn Wiesel presents us with the question: is war justifiable, and warns us against getting into such a situation where our motives are being questioned. So is War justifiable? To an extent it is; however, acts of terrorism cannot be justified as an act of war. Terrorism can be aimlessly slaughtering innocents just to achieve your goal. And may God forbid that anyone will ever find themselves in such a situation.