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The Sirens of Titan Study Guide

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by Kurt Vonnegut
About 76 pages (22,643 words)
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We Hate Malachi Constant Because... Summary

Rumfoord delivers a sermon about Malachi Constant. He tells of his decadence and immorality, and his ridiculous belief in his own good luck. He calls on the Space Wanderer and asks him who he is and what his real name is.

Constant answers that he does not know his real name, but that he is called Unk. Rumfoord asks him what has happened to him before returning to Earth, and Constant repeats the phrase he first gave at the church about being the victim of a series of accidents.

Rumfoord asks him of all the accidents that befell him, which is the most significant. Unk begins to think about it, but Rumfoord answers his own question. The most significant accident, he says, was his being born. Rumfoord asks Constant if he.....

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