The early chapters of the book tell us a lot about Chick’s relationships with members of his family. His relationship with his father especially is closely bound up with his ideas about masculinity and manhood, but these in turn affect the way he behaves toward his mother, and later his wife and daughter.How do Chick’s attitudes toward gender change by the end of the book?

In nearly every chapter of the book, Chick flashes back to his childhood, remembering an episode involving his mother. How do these anecdotes serve the main narrative?

Though family relationships are the main focus of For One More Day, many of Chick’s struggles have to do with his search for fulfilling work and his efforts to fulfil his childhood dreams. What does Chick believe about work, and what for him makes a career fulfilling or worthwhile? How do his beliefs differ from those of other characters, and how do they evolve over the course of the book?