The short story Dawn, written by Elie Wiesel, faces the human need for freedom, and the individual need for conformity. While staring down opposite ends of a pistol, two men face similar conflicts, yet in the same sense, are completely opposite. What’s deeper than eminent death, is the fear and hate that has been imbued into their daily life. As one quote in the book reads, “A man hates his enemy because he hates his own hate”, means that there was no reason for the hating between each other besides the fact that each others’ society had led them