: This afternoon, Nina read a few chapters in the book, ‘Night,' by Elie Wiesel, which chronicles his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. Nina explained that she was originally to have read the book as part of her summer reading list from Oxbridge. She has a study guide to follow and independently read several pages/chapters today. We discussed some of the symbols in the book. Nina explained that the title of the book, ‘Night' is used to symbolize death, loss of hope and faith, and it will likely come up repeatedly. Nina is still in the early stages of reading the book but has already seen how Wiesel uses symbolism, imagery, and literary devices to give his readers a more vivid image of his situation.