1. David eventually succeeds at suicide. Is this an inevitable outcome of the story? What other ways might Voigt have ended this story and still achieve a satisfactory resolution of conflict?

2. Oral history is a valuable research tool for use in gathering information and increasing understanding about a particular event or era. Interview a person who participated in the Vietnam or Korean Wars or in World War II about his or her war experiences.

Alternately, you might interview a civilian who was not in the war, but one who could tell about life on the homefront during one of those wars.

3. Henry's father was a conscientious objector during World War II and was confined to a camp with other objectors. He was subsequently held in disdain by his wife's family. What is a person's obligation to his country in terms of...