We continued our discussion of Jack London's "naturalism" by extrapolating London's view that environmental factors dictate fate to London's view that society's social and political structures are as unforgiving and cruel as nature in the Yukon. After reviewing the traditional literary conflicts, on the board, I highlighted themes in the story based on our class discussion. Matthew took good notes both on theme and conflict. In order to assist in the completion of tonight's homework assignment which entails an analysis of two quotes, we then focused on those portions of the text and discussed the thematic significance of each quote based on our prior identification of themes. Matthew also took a comprehension quiz on the short story during the session. HW- quote analysis as per class discussion.