During the first segment of the session, I provided instruction on how to write a conclusion paragraph to a literary essay. We reviewed Joshua's draft, and I explained the difference between a summary and an analytical conclusion that comments on society, human nature or some issue suggested by the prompt . We then explored the next chapters of the novel that raise a central theme and conflict : Does one who is duty bound have to comply with an unjust or immoral law? Captain Vere insists that scruples must yield to duty. We explored the implications of this statement and I noted how Capt Vere's justifications for executing Billy Budd sound hauntingly similar to justifications offered by Nazis at the Nuremberg trials. We then explored when conscience and morality answer to a higher moral order or law than the law of Man.