Comments on: “Dawn”, Wiesel’s transformation of a victim into a killer

Journal title GRUPPI
Author/s Robi Freedman, traduzione di Alessandra Furin
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2022/2
Language Italian Pages 10 P. 199-208 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/gruoa2-2022oa19803
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In this paper, the author makes a critical comment on the transition from victim to executioner of Elisha, a Jewish concentration camp survivor who, once liberated, joins a rebel group. Friedman questions the emotional transition that the protagonist experiences when he receives the order to execute a prisoner, in retaliation and revenge for the execution of an insurgent Jew. The author uses this event as a stimulus to examine the concept of the matrix, in particular his view of the “Soldier’s Matrix”.

Keywords: ; Matrix; Soldier’s Matrix; Victim/ perpetrator; Guilt,; Shame

Robi Freedman, traduzione di Alessandra Furin, Considerazioni a proposito di “Alba”, la trasformazione di Wiesel da vittima a assassino in "GRUPPI" 2/2022, pp 199-208, DOI: 10.3280/gruoa2-2022oa19803