Changing Batteries ..

EPICAC

Machines becoming humans or humans

becoming machines?
By: Kurt Vonnegut

Things To Think
About.
Characters
?

Setting?

Irony?

Mood?

Themes?

Plot?

The End

Questions
1.What are the themes of the story? Explain your
answers by providing specific examples from the
story.
2. The narrator states EPICACs fate that women
cant love machines, and thats that However, Pat did
fall in love with a machine without even knowing it.
What do you think is Vonneguts idea behind this
irony? Can humans fall in love with machines? Explain.
3. Even though EPICAC loved pat, he provided the
narrator with enough poems to last for the next 500
years. What does the act of giving his poetry
symbolize? Why is EPICAC's personality ironic? Provide
examples from the story.
4. At the end of the story, EPICAC commits suicide
by short-circuiting himself. As readers, why do we
sympathize towards EPICAC (a machine)? What is the
significance of his death? How do you think this
made the narrator feel? Explain.