Mother Night

Mother Night Questions and Answers

What is the role of the Blue Fairy Godmother in Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night? How is the Blue Fairy Godmother symbolic of the overall themes in the novel?

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How does Howard Campbell Jr. in Mother Night compromise his integrity?

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What literary devices or figurative language, such as metaphor, imagery, etc., are used in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s novel Mother Night? How does the author use them to demonstrate the meaning of the work as a whole?

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How does schizophrenia figure into the portrayal of Howard Campbell and the other spies in the novel Mother Night?

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What was Kurt Vonnegut's purpose in writing Mother Night? Related to the idea os post-modernism.

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Does romantic love such as Howard and Helga's “nation of two” in Mother Night offer a viable alternative to the politics of patriotism and war?

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How is Facebook related to the idea of postmodernism in Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night? what characteristics of postmodernism Facebook displays, and how can this be related to Mother Night.

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In Mother Night, explain how Howard Campbell is confused, distressed and "without a country" and list one quote for each characteristic.

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Compare and contrast the idea behind Mother night to Facebook (institution) relate to literary movements.

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