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Vonnegut admitted later in life that, possibly in part due to stress from motherhood and the ordeals involved in the Great Depression that his mother, daughter of a millionaire playboy, would lapse into intense fits of rage<ref>Vonnegut, Kurt (1991). ''Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s'' (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons), p. 36.</ref>, and that she eventually committed suicide in May 1944<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 36.</ref>, her cause of death being publicly covered up.  Vonnegut would struggle with depression himself throughout his life.<ref>''Fates Worse Than Death'', p. 29.</ref>

Vonnegut admitted later in life that, possibly in part due to stress from motherhood and the ordeals involved in the Great Depression that his mother, daughter of a millionaire playboy, would lapse into intense fits of rage<ref>Vonnegut, Kurt (1991). ''Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s'' (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons), p. 36.</ref>, and that she eventually committed suicide in May 1944<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 36.</ref>, her cause of death being publicly covered up.  Vonnegut would struggle with depression himself throughout his life.<ref>''Fates Worse Than Death'', p. 29.</ref>

Vonnegut recounted growing up in Indianapolis with a fondness for reading Mark Twain and the kind of pranks often found in his works.  When he was a high school sophomore, his socialist uncle gave him a copy of ''Theory of the Leisure Class'' by [[Thorstein Veblen]], critical of the empty prestige found among wealthy Americans, which he loved.<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 59.</ref> This grew into a talent for writing, and when Vonnegut attended [[Cornell University]] he became an editor of the ''Cornell Daily Sun''.<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 62.</ref> He failed to receive a Master's degree, however, when his master's thesis was rejected shortly before he was conscripted into the Army during World War II.  Vonnegut pulled a prank during his battalion enlistment muster, however, ensuring he would remain a private for most of the war.<ref>''Fates Worse Than Death'', p. 21.</ref>

Vonnegut recounted growing up in Indianapolis with a fondness for reading Mark Twain and the kind of pranks often found in his works.  When he was a high school sophomore, his socialist uncle gave him a copy of ''Theory of the Leisure Class'' by [[Thorstein Veblen]], critical of the empty prestige found among wealthy Americans, which he loved.<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 59.</ref> This grew into a talent for writing, and when Vonnegut attended [[Cornell University]] he became an editor of the ''Cornell Daily Sun''.<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 62.</ref> He failed to receive a master's degree, however, when his master's thesis was rejected shortly before he was conscripted into the Army during World War II.  Vonnegut pulled a prank during his battalion enlistment muster, however, ensuring he would remain a private for most of the war.<ref>''Fates Worse Than Death'', p. 21.</ref>

==Service during World War II==

==Service during World War II==