Jaydn completed written study guide responses reflecting her understanding of the text and of our class discussions . She additionally completed a written quote analysis addressing how the death of John Thornton frees Buck to completely return to his primordial wolf being . We discussed whether the ending of the novel is sad or uplifting as well as the cost of freedom as Buck sacrifices his life of security or comfort or the life of "the roof and fire" but rediscovers his true primordial essence.Last, I briefly mentioned the philosophy of Nietzsche and explained how Buck's evolution to a mythic "uber "canine reflects Nietzche's influence on London's writing.