This is a gut-wrenching, agonizing moral dilemma.

It's a situation that truly tests one's values and principles.

When my friend Jennifer Doyle and I read about it, we were both deeply affected.

The complexity of the dilemma left us in a state of shock and confusion.

We found ourselves grappling with the difficult questions it raised.

How does one make the right choice when faced with such a heart-wrenching decision?

It makes us realize the importance of carefully considering our actions and their consequences.

This moral dilemma serves as a powerful reminder that life is not always black and white.

There are often gray areas where the right path is not immediately clear.

Jennifer and I will continue to discuss this dilemma, hoping to gain a better understanding of the moral issues at stake.

Perhaps through our conversations, we can find some guidance on how to navigate such difficult situations in the future.

I have rather mixed emotions regarding this work of fiction. On one hand, I truly liked it. The reason being that there are no superfluous words, no overly flowery sentences. It presents the story of how a young man evolves into the type of person he has despised and engages in the thing he has loathed in the most matter-of-fact way possible. It's a straightforward and unembellished account that has its own charm.

However, on the other hand, what I didn't like is that it takes a bit of time to really get into the story. The beginning is somewhat confusing, which makes it a bit of a struggle for the reader to immediately latch onto. And then, as the story progresses, the middle part lags. It doesn't maintain the same level of momentum and excitement as one might hope. Overall, it's a work that has its strengths and weaknesses, leaving me with these conflicting feelings.

Nazism under Hitler had transformed those who were once on the verge of extermination into killers (content from books). And up to the present, the Nazis went on to exterminate other ethnic groups.

This shows to what extent ethnic chauvinism can go awry.

Hitler's extreme ideology led to one of the darkest chapters in human history. The persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and other minorities were carried out in the name of a perverted sense of national superiority. This not only brought great pain and loss to countless individuals and families but also had a profound impact on the course of world history.

We must remember this惨痛的教训 and be vigilant against any form of ethnic hatred and discrimination. Only by promoting understanding, tolerance, and respect among different ethnic groups can we build a more peaceful and harmonious world.

This is a brief yet profound book.

Over the course of a single night, a young man grapples with his transformation into a terrorist. In this scenario, Jews are living under an oppressive foreign occupation (England's rule over Palestine), with the occupiers maintaining order through the dissemination of fear and threats. The English capture a suspected rebel, David ben Moshe, and plan to hang him to instill obedience in the populace. In retaliation, the narrator's group decides to execute a captured English military officer, John Dawson.

The narrator has no personal grudge or antipathy towards Captain Dawson. Similarly, the English don't hate David Moshe. However, they believe that showing mercy would be seen as a sign of political weakness and a license for future rebellions. Political calculations regarding future reactions set off a chain of events that lead to the downfall of innocents and harden positions.

The narrator was once a pious man. As a youth, he and his friend strived to remain as pure and good as possible, hoping to bring about the arrival of the Messiah. Sadly, his friend perished, while he survived the concentration camps. Reflecting on what he has become, with a procession of ghosts silently observing his choices, he blames God. He claims that God has ensured that his people can only survive by meting out injustice, inflicting this execution and all others. God has placed him in a position where he has to hate this man in order to carry out the execution and has put him on this impossible mission of murdering someone he doesn't hate for the survival of his people.

This book offers a fascinating exploration of the mindset and moral dilemma of those who become terrorists or freedom fighters.

"Dawn" was truly a tiresome read. It tells the story of a young Holocaust survivor who becomes part of a Jewish underground movement in Palestine and is ordered to execute a British officer who has been taken hostage. At first glance, it seems like it could be an interesting and engaging tale. However, that is far from the truth.

The entire narrative focuses on the protagonist's inner struggle to carry out the command to execute the officer. There is an excessive amount of philosophizing and mystic rhetoric, which comes across as rather pretentious and unconvincing. In fact, the boy's constant whining about the situation becomes so grating that one wishes he would simply end his own misery by putting a bullet through his head.

Let's not forget the fact that, regardless of his inner turmoil, he is still a terrorist. His actions are not justifiable, no matter how much he tries to rationalize them. There is no room for Stockholm Syndrome here. I, for one, was not impressed by this book at all.

My Daughter bought me the set for my Birthday.

It was such a wonderful and thoughtful gift. I was truly touched by her gesture.

I have since read the book, and it has been a great experience. Each story in the set has its own unique charm and offers different perspectives.

However, out of all the stories, I liked "Night" the best.

The way the author described the events and the emotions of the characters was truly captivating. It made me feel as if I was right there with them, experiencing the hardships and the horrors.

"Night" left a deep impression on me and made me appreciate the gift even more. I am grateful to my Daughter for giving me this set and for introducing me to such a great piece of literature.

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This is a profound and disturbing piece of writing. The story, though contained within just 80 scant pages, weighs as heavily as centuries and millennia. It unfolds over a few short years, with the protagonist being only 18. An Israeli, representing his people, must learn to hate and kill in order to survive. From night to dawn, he reevaluates his life, the people he has known, those who have shaped his existence. He makes a decision and sees it through to the end.

Ilana tells Elisha, the 18-year-old at the center of the story, that soon everything will be over. The British will leave the country, and they will rise to the surface to live a normal, healthy, simple life. He will get married, have children, tell them stories, make them laugh, and be happy because they will be happy. The Israeli resistance, of which Elisha and Ilana are members, speaks of a free and independent Palestine. However, today, that land has different names like the Gaza Strip, the Territories, Cisjordan, the West Bank, but no longer Palestine. It's a tragic loss of an identity. The actions that led to this, such as ethnic cleansing operations like the Nakba, are deeply unjust. The history is complex and filled with pain and conflict, but it's important to remember and understand in order to strive for a more peaceful future.

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The second part of the trilogy functions differently than the first, but it is no less impressive. Here too, death comes into play. This time personified. The night here feels darker and more impenetrable.

It is a short, yet intense narrative. Just like book one was. Elie Wiesel knows how to be concise, yet fill everything with even stronger secrets and profoundness. The plot unfolds around one person, wraps around one like a heavy cloak. Breathing is difficult, but one doesn't want to lay it aside.

Unfortunately, Wiesel's books seem to be rather unknown among us, while in America they belong to the basic literature. Why this is so, I cannot understand. I wish that these books will be preserved for us for a long time. Because they keep the memory of events alive that must never, never fall into oblivion.

In comparison, this work cannot reach the level of the first book, Night.

However, I think that we need to make a differentiation here. Night was a true account of something so unbelievably terrible. It was a vivid and harrowing portrayal of the author's experiences during the Holocaust.

Such a true story holds a unique power and significance that cannot be replicated by a work of fiction. We cannot use Night as a standard to measure every other literary work. Each piece of literature has its own characteristics, themes, and artistic expressions.

While this work may not have the same impact as Night, it may still have its own merits and value in the literary world. We should view and evaluate it based on its own qualities and not simply compare it to a masterpiece like Night.

This is a follow-up to "Night",

and I have to say that I found it a bit odd.

It's not that I didn't like "Dawn",

because in fact, I did like it and it definitely had an emotional impact on me.

However, "Night" is much better.

It's the only book in the trilogy that is a memoir,

so obviously the styles are different.

I can't help but wonder what "Day" will be like.

I have a plan to read that book soon.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how the story continues and what new perspectives and emotions it will bring.

Maybe "Day" will have a completely different tone and atmosphere compared to "Night" and "Dawn".

Only by reading it can I truly know.

I'm excited to embark on this new reading journey and discover the secrets that "Day" holds.

Death has no hair; it has only eyes.

It is an entity that lurks in the shadows, unseen yet omnipresent. Its eyes, cold and unyielding, gaze upon the living with a silent intensity.

Death does not discriminate. It comes for the young and the old, the rich and the poor. It is a force that cannot be bargained with or defeated.

When death approaches, it brings with it a sense of finality. The world around us seems to fade away, and all that remains is the gaze of those unblinking eyes.

Yet, in the face of death, we find the true meaning of life. We realize the importance of cherishing every moment, of loving those around us, and of living with purpose.

For although death may have no hair, its eyes serve as a reminder that our time on this earth is limited. And it is up to us to make the most of it.

Elie Wiesel's stories are truly profound and should be read at least once by every individual on this planet. In just around 100 words or less, he is able to evoke such powerful thoughts and emotions.

Take the story of a young man named Elisha, for example. He survived the horrors of Buchenwald and Auschwitz, was liberated and brought to France. There, he was recruited to become a member of the Zionist Movement in Palestine for Israeli rule. Having no ties to anything after the Shoah, he moves to Palestine and is trained as an anti-Arab anti-English terrorist.

One day, he is ordered to kill an Englishman and is faced with an intense moral dilemma. Just hours before the execution, he sees the ghosts of his loved ones.

From a pro-Palestine and anti-Zionism perspective, one can understand the thinking behind the Movement and their reliance on retaliation and violence. However, Wiesel does not attempt to sway the reader to become anti-Palestine or a Zionist. The questions of whether murder begets murder, whether murder justifies murder, and whether the ridicule and extermination of Jewish people justifies the same for Arab or Palestinian people all have the same answer: no!

I can empathize with the characters and Holocaust survivors as individuals who have endured the greatest grief and suffering. But I also appreciate the ethical and moral dilemmas presented in this story, which prove that murder for the sake of murder is unjustifiable. What the Zionists do to Palestine may be in retaliation for what the Nazis (and the world) did to the Jewish people, but that does not excuse the creation of the state of Israel.

Once Elisha murders the Englishman, he feels that he has brought shame upon and murdered all of his deceased loved ones, as they have now created a murderer. This is a truly fantastic deduction by Wiesel.

There is so much to say about this 76-page book. Here are a few quotes that stand out:

“Tomorrow, I said to myself, we shall be bound together for all eternity by the tie that binds a victim and his executioner.” (4)

“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.” (5)

“My parents had not been Zionists. To me Zion was a sacred ideal, a Messianic hope, a prayer, a heartbeat, but not a place on the map or a political slogan, a cause for which men killed and died.” (16)

“\\"It's the name of a prophet,\\" I explained. \\"Elisha was a disciple of Elijah. He restored life to a little boy by lying upon him and breathing into his mouth.\\"
\\"You're doing the opposite,\\" he said with a smile.” (68)

These quotes offer just a glimpse into the depth and complexity of Wiesel's work.