30 pages 1 hour read

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Epicac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1950

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Essay Topics

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How does the story characterize the “human condition?”

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Why does the narrator choose to end the story with the last line “De mortuis nil nisi bonum—Say nothing but good of the dead?

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Does the story create an image of love and marriage that you would hope for yourself or your friends? Why or why not?

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