Bluebeard story for Kurt Vonnegut

Using the entire book, select ONE of the questions below to write a detailed, 350-word (approximately 1 ½ page) essay. You must at least use one short quotation from the book itself. You must use both in-text citations and a sources cited list, even for quotations from Bluebeard. Why does the author have the main character, Rabo, also narrate the book? How does this affect your involvement with his story? How did this help you understand how artists develop? How is Mona Lisa used as a unifying element in the book? What does Mona Lisa represent? Why do you think that the author uses an Armenian-American as the main character? What did the book tell you about how artists come up with ideas for their art? Using terminology from your text book, what is the theme of Rabo’s large final painting described during the ending of the book? Include specific information about the painting. What does the book tell you about creativity? To give tangible form to feelings and ideas; and To refresh our vision and see the world in new ways. Why does Rabo decide to become an Abstract Expressionist? Be sure to explore what role you think his experiences as Dan Gregory’s assistant and in World War II played in his decision. What happens to the abstract expressionist paintings that Rabo created? What does this teach us about artists’ materials? Why did Rabo switch from abstraction to realism for his final painting?