This story shows that the tone is cruel, angry, and very honest. It’s surprising how cruel and honest it is. The cruelty and anger are tied together because once the cruelty happens so does the anger. Eventually the honesty comes along to join the party. I think the tone of this story is cruel because these Jews are being tortured to the point that Elie had to go to the infirmary because his feet were frozen. The officers may not physically beat the Jews all the time, but they are still putting them in a dangerous situation and a dangerous environment. I also know that the tone is cruel because they had a race thing and if you're not fast enough, with not very much skill, than you were sent to another camp and had your number written down