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    with Gumption Can Still Elevate himself out of the Mire The modern world and businesslike lifestyle have their features. One of the most typical is a competition between individuals and organizations. As described in the novel God Bless You by Kurt Vonnegut. When an employer pays big salary‚ employees are incredibly smart‚ in good shape and happy with their lives. Their primary occupation is undermining shares and assets of other corporations. Second priority engagements of partakers can become current

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    their readers by revealing nothing about themselves. Kurt Vonnegut’s “How to Write with Style” suggests seven principles on how writers should scrutinize and assess their own writing style in order to attain a personal voice in addition to the ideas in hand. Vonnegut’s first principle states‚ “Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.” As I was reading this excerpt‚ I found myself agreeing with Vonnegut that usually the subjects I care about the most I

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    brilliant piece of literature. One example‚ for instance‚ is Kurt Vonnegut who may have been stimulated by the war‚ thus writing Slaughterhouse – Five. Though one may categorize this piece as science fiction or even auto - biographical‚ it can also be interpreted as an anti – war piece. Because Vonnegut is classified as a post modernist‚ one can take into account all the details‚ such as the similarities between the main character and Vonnegut‚ the Tralfamadorians‚ and the style and themes of the novel

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    Title Most novels are composed of an unbroken and continuous sequence of events starting at the beginning‚ traveling through the middle‚ and concluding at the end. However‚ Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five experiments with the structure of events‚ thus creating a compelling piece of writing. There is much debate as to why Vonnegut decided to formulate his novel in such manner. Nevertheless‚ the structure provides a multitude of advantages. Vonnegut’s non-linear arrangement has the ability to powerfully

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    collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories. Vonnegut is best known for his black humor and he is remembered as a major satirist. His stories contain a boatload of irony and dark humor; they are also not afraid to get into more serious topics. They frequently involve a “twist” at the end that surprises the reader. Vonnegut’s “twists” clarify meaning‚ alters predictions and causes us to have a different perspective than usual. The story “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s book‚ “Welcome

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    And this is proven in the satirical short-story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “Harrison Bergeron” portrays a futuristic society in which everyone is equal‚ in terms of beauty‚ intelligence‚ physical abilities‚ and more. The result of this type of society is the loss of total freedom and individuality. Citizens are unable

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    INTRODUCTIONHaving reflecting the WWI and the anti-war oppositions of our author Kurt VonnegutSlaughter House 5 can be considered as one of the significant works of post modern American literature. In this work I am going to criticize this book regarding the elements of the Archetypal Approach; that is‚ the hero‚ his quest and sacrifice‚ mother earth and father sky‚ and elements of the world. HERO‚ QUEST AND SACRFICENormally the term hero reminds the reader a robust and glorified character; however

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    queen‚ the evil stepsisters are brutally pecked in the eyes by birds as a punishment for their immorality. Similar to the story of Cinderella and many movies based on books‚ director George Roy Hill’s movie strayed away from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel‚ Slaughterhouse Five. Vonnegut creatively

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    Kurt Vonnegut‚ an American writer who brings the techniques of science fiction‚ relies on the criticism of the moral ambiguity of the corporate world‚ while balancing with humorous scenes and characters. ‘Player Piano’‚ the first novel of his‚ published in 1952‚ describes a ‘dystopia’; a totally mechanized society‚ where automation brings a negative impact on people’s life. The author takes a satirical stance on automation in which the society is run by machines instead of people. The story is

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    There are millions of books out in the world today‚ all different genres and all different stories. Author Kurt Vonnegut is known to for his satirical literary style of writing while also using science-fiction. As with many of his novels‚ he continued this type of writing through his book‚ Galápagos written in 1985. Vonnegut had a very specific way of writing; He kept things simple and straight forward‚ not having long runoff sentences and keeping things short. This lead to things being simply understood

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