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A Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

A 6 page analysis of the societal message being presented in this work. Plot and characters are outlined and the emphasis that th...

Analyzing Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

is constantly being reminded of the process of construction, whilst being involved in the construct itself in the form of the text...

Satire in the Writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Mark Twain

addresses the audience. Twain perhaps understood that critics were bountiful and that his work would be critiqued in many respects...

Vonnegut: "Cat's Cradle"

was a POW in WWII and went through the firebombing of Dresden (an experience that plays out in his books repeatedly) (Priest). Wi...

Religion and Death in A Farewell to Arms and Slaughterhouse-Five

a sense of belief and stability. However, one is never really sure if the priest is really that devoted due to the general nature ...

The Message in Slaughterhouse-Five

him otherwise it would seem as he is tossed from one time period to another, from one culture to another, even being abducted by a...

“Harrison Bergeron”

bursts" (Vonnegut, 1961). George, her husband, was brilliant and as such represented a threat to the status quo and so he was forc...

So It Goes: Vonnegut and Death

one critic notes it does not matter if many are killed or one very close personal individual was killed, the truth was that "so it...

Postmodernism in Slaughterhouse-Five

the painter to paint the picture (time of production), the time required to look at and understand the work (time of consumption) ...

Social Responsibility in Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the sociological aspects of Kurt Vonnegut's science fiction novel. Two sources are cited in...

Slaughterhouse Five Analysis

of nearly every day of his childhood" (38). The fact that the crucifix depicts a dead Jesus is significant because it represents ...

The Theme of Alienation as it is Portrayed in Novels of the 20th Century

"alienation has especially come to signify the difficult relation between the individual and his sense of difference and distance ...

Kurt Vonnegut and William Gibson's Science Fiction

cyberworld just ahead of the concern which began to take place in the real world. Unlike many of his predecessors who liked to pre...

Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron and Equality

Kurt Vonnegut "Harrison Bergeron" Study Questions vonnegut.htm). The answer to this question would be yes because, when we imagine...

Kurt Vonnegut's The Player Piano

and technological know-how. Because the production lines were very efficient and cranked out high-quality goods on a regular and p...

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five from a Historical Context

In seven pages this 1968 novel by Kurt Vonnegut is examined from an historical perspective. Six sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Billy Pilgrim's Changes in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

000 souls. Partnering with Opposites Throughout the novel there are many "partnerings" with opposites. If an image repeats itsel...

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and Yon Yonson's Cyclic Poem

that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...

Summary of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

to become an optometrist. He falls in love with the daughter of the schools owner, Valencia. However, he soon has a break down bec...

Comparing Elie Wiesel and Kurt Vonnegut's and Their Works about the Holocaust

outrage and sorrow. However, Vonneguts protagonist, Howard Campbell, is not precisely a victim in the Holocaust at all. He stress...

Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, George Orwell's 1984, and Egalitarianism

In a paper consisting of 7 pages these texts are compared in terms of their egalitarian philosophies and considers whether or not ...

Reader Response to Kurt Vonnegut’s Short Story ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’

agendas with propaganda and information misrepresentation reportedly in the name of national security. In this story, the governm...

Predictions: Vonnegut’s Player Piano

of secretarial work could be done-as could most lower echelon jobs-more quickly and efficiently and cheaply by machines" (Vonnegut...

Literary Devices in Slaughterhouse-Five

which has a definable beginning, a middle, and an end" (Forrest). Not only that, but the initial scene of the book sets reveals ...

A Cradle for the Kitty

pull their heads in (Vonnegut 15). He is so entirely wrapped up in himself that he is easily distracted and sees no real reason wh...

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut: Point of View

The story's meaning as influenced by the omniscient third-person point of view adopted by Kurt Vonnegut is discussed in 4 pages. ...

Literary View of Human Calamity

bombs on the city that they created a firestorm-a self-perpetuating inferno that destroyed the city almost complete. The worst par...

Literary Satire

In 5 pages literary satire through history is examined in a discussion of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, As You Like It by William Sh...

Sociology and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In fifteen pages this paper examines this novel by Kurt Vonnegut from a sociological perspective. Five sources are cited in the b...

Apocalyptic Writing

This 5 page paper argues that Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Lord of the Files by William Golding are examples of apocalyptic w...