Day 4

Kurt Vonnegut's Short Stories Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    Discuss how love is presented in "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son."

    Similar to "Long Walk to Forever" and "Welcome to the Monkey House," love is presented as troubled and potentially violent. George Murra has left his first wife because a famous actress showed interest in him, and now he is estranged from his son. When the actress leaves him, he attempts to reconcile with his son and get back together with his ex-wife, but his son refuses and goes out to his father's car to get a ride back to his school. In order to prove his seriousness, he kicks his son in the pants and asks him to come back inside. Once inside, and once he helps his father get in contact...

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