As the final test on the novel entails comparing the novel to Jack London's famous short story,"To Build a Fire" ,we today first completed analyzing the novel's conclusion . Bobby focused on language in the final chapter describing how the death of John Thornton ,while tragic, also extricates Buck from any connection with mankind. We worked on incorporating quotes and textual support into Bobby's homework answers addressing this development. We then outlined in the virtual notebook the events of Chapter 5 in the novel as they closely parallel events and themes in the short story. After defining the term"motif", we began our study of the short story.I first discussed the function of the nameless protagonist as a universal symbol ,and we then studied the first part of the story to find similarities or motifs common to Chapter 5 of the novel. Thematically, we looked at specific language in the story describing man's arrogance and frailty in the face of the forces of Nature. For homework, finish reading the short story,"To Build a Fire".