This classic story explores men's relationships to their dogs, but more deeply it explores men's relationship to nature, to The Wild, and asks the question raised by Nietzsche: "Are we the Dominant Primordial Beast, or have we learned to subvert that nature to a more peaceful one in order to live together without conflict?"
I include a syllabus, which breaks the lessons into fifty-minute periods plus homework; an extensive vocabulary list with quizzes, short essay questions for each chapter,