Mother Night is the story of Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American recruited to be an Allied spy in World War II-era Germany. Campbell works as a Nazi radio propaganda artist, sending encoded messages to the Americans over the air during pro-Hitler programs; the problem is that only one man knows Campbell is really working for the Americans, and after the war, the rest of the world views him as a traitor and an anti-Semite. This complex novel deals with themes of identity and wartime morality.
Mother Night Essay 3 It is with absolute certainty that Howard Campbell Jr is guilty of doing an exceptionally good job at portraying a very bad man However the law gives minimal opposition to role playing It is unjust for Campbell to suffer as the scapegoat for the REAL war criminals It seems painfully obvious that Campbell is guilty of no crimes and Campbells lack of intent further exhibits his innocence Campbell never denies his broadcasts or what he expresses within them It is without a dou
We are what we pretend to be So we must be careful about what we pretend to be As written by Kurt Vonnegut this is a significant theme and is built upon throughout the story As the story comes to an end this theme is readdressed once more when the stories main character Howard W Cambell Jr commits suicide Although other arguments could be made as to why Howard took his own life after being released from prison Kurt Vonnegut states early on the exact reason why Along with what Kurt Vonnegut depi