Tears function as an important thematic symbol in Augustine’s Confessions because of his will to find God and understand God. One occasion is in the event where Augustine shows pity to the story of Victorinus. How Augustine also struggles in converting himself. It was not until he went into the garden and broke into tears, whereas, he eventually hears a voice telling him to read the book. It is in that moment that drove him to have complete faith in Christianity. A second occasion that supports tears as an important thematic symbol is when Augustine begins his story as an infant. The idea that an infant would use their tears as a tool to get what they want. It is the pity of oneself and how it eventually matures to be directed on others. Augustine