Bobby continues to be an exemplary student in keeping up with the reading pace and in responding very well to the study guide questions. We analyzed a portion of the text wherein Buck ,in a dreamlike state, imagines not only his primordial origins, but also envisions Man in his primitive condition. We further discussed the death of Dave who is euthanized because he is too weak to be of use. Bobby noted the deaths of the three dogs, Curley,Dolly, and Dave, as representing society's savage treatment of the kind, the weak, and the sick. We then worked on vocabulary from the novel with Bobby placing in contextualized sentences words such as : travail, insidious, and inexorable. For homework, read ch. 5 and complete study guide questions.