# How does When God Laughs develop the theme of Family and Duty?

> When God Laughs by Jack London

## Answer

When God Laughs by Jack London develops Family and Duty across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

Themes of familial obligation appear in 'On Created He Them,' where a brother forces an alcoholic sibling into treatment, and in 'The Apostate,' where a mother drives her son to work despite his exhaustion, highlighting duty's harsh demands.

George's sense of duty drives him to extreme measures to save his brother, while Al's failure to fulfill his familial role is a central conflict.

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- [created-he-them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_god_laughs_se/chapters/created-he-them.md): George's sense of duty drives him to extreme measures to save his brother, while Al's failure to fulfill his familial role is a central conflict.

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