We continued to study how style and diction create tone and meaning in this disturbing memoir about Wiesel's incarceration in Auschwitz. We discussed the author's use of simple sentences and even fragments to create a sense of impending doom. In this regard, I defined the word "conflagration " for Kaitlin and we parsed a sentence wherein the author expounds on the conflagration of stars and related it to the foreshadowing of the crematoria . We further discussed Mrs. Schacter's strange hallucinogenic foresight in seeing "fire " everywhere before the train even arrives. Only upon arrival do the imprisoned lose their illusions and realize that Mrs Schacter was not insane but somehow saw the truth before anyone else. We noted how the novel as it progresses, creates a deeper metaphorical meaning for common words such as "chimney, smoke, and most notably night and darkness."