<span>Literature provides a lens through which readers look at the world. Point of view is the way the author allows you to “see” and “hear” what’s going on. Skillful authors can fix their readers’ attention on exactly the detail, opinion, or emotion the author wants to emphasize by manipulating the point of view of the story.</span>
If a noun I'd abstract it describes something you cannot see , hear , touch , taste , or smell
This infuriates Wiesel. He feels that he has changed drastically. He believes that if someone had slapped his father under different circumstances he would've jumped to his father's defense and retaliated. However, he just stands there. He begins to feel remorse and promises that he "will never forgive them for this".