In this quote, it is New Years and Elie is looking for his father to wish him a Happy New Year. “I ran to look for my father. At the same time I was afraid of having to wish him a happy year in which I no longer believed. He was leaning against the wall, bent shoulders sagging as if under a heavy load. I went up to him, took his hand and kissed it. I felt a tear on my hand. Whose was it? Mine? His? I said nothing. Nor did he. Never before had we understood eachother so clearly” (Wiesel 68-69). The tone of this section of the memoir is compassion. During their captivity, they have not always been agreeing with one another. In this moment, when Elie greeted his father, he realized something after he felt a tear on his hand. When he felt the tear
