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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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    Vonnegut has created a world without competition‚ without a driving force for greatness‚ and without a tool to motivate ambition. However in this non-competitive culture no one seems to care that they have been stripped of such an amazing tool to success. When George‚ the genius father to Harrison‚ replies to Hazel‚ the dimwitted wife to George‚ about not having to compete with anyone at home he says‚ “‘And pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again ‚ with everybody competing against

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    Harrison lives in a society where everyone is equal. The government made everyone equal by making the middle class and middle class equal to the lower class using ‘Handicaps’. No one is stupider‚ uglier‚ weaker‚ or slower than anyone else. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote the story in 1961. The story takes place in the year 2081. Thanks to the amendments 211‚ 212‚ and 213 America is totally equal. Majority of the story is at the Bergeron’s house‚ or at a TV station where Harrison takes off all his handicaps

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    Slaughterhouse-Five (the children’s crusade) Kurt Vonnegut Theme- Military/War Quote- Page 15 “So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn’t want her babies or anybody else’s babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies.” Explanation: The author Kurt Vonegut is sitting with his war buddy‚ Bernard B. O’Hare‚ and Bernard’s wife‚ Mary O’Hare. Kurt wants Bernard to help remember details of the war so that he can write

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    Vonnegut and Bergeron

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    Part I: Vonnegut‚ the writer 1. What did Vonnegut base his novel Slaughterhouse Five on?  Vonnegut based his novel Slaughterhouse Five on his time‚ sixty feet underground in a former meat locker and slaughterhouse‚ where his job was to gather up and burn the remains of the dead. 2. In what genre did Vonnegut most often write? Vonnegut most often wrote in a science fiction genre. 3. How did being a journalist influence Vonnegut’s writing? Being a journalist influenced Vonnegut’s writing

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    Briefing a Story: Next Door 1. The narrator in the short story is the author Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut uses dialogue between characters to set the atmosphere for the reader. The tone of Next Door is suspenseful because Vonnegut takes the reader on an adventure of an eight year-old boy who stays home alone for the first time while his parents go to a movie. 2. There are 2 families in the story Next Door‚ the Leonards and the Hargers‚ whom are neighbors with very thin walls separating them

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    PART ONE 1. What did Vonnegut base his novel Slaughterhouse Five on?  Vonnegut based his novel Slaughterhouse Five on his own experience as a prisoner of war during World War II. 2. In what genre did Vonnegut most often write?  Vonnegut most often wrote satire‚ but was not restricted to that genre. 3. How did being a journalist influence Vonnegut’s writing? Journalism influenced Vonnegut by making him apply three major rules of journalism. Get the facts right‚ compose straightforward declarative

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    In chapters six and seven of Slaughterhouse Five‚ Vonnegut discusses why each moment of life should be enjoyed‚ that hope can be found in dark places‚ and how life is constantly moving forward. For instance‚ in chapter six a theme is to enjoy life while possible‚ because time is always running out and moving forward. When Lazzaro threatens to kill Billy‚ he tells him not to worry about it and to just enjoy life while he can. In life‚ there will always be something in the future that could happen

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    or something that can inspire an idea for a novel. Although the novel can be fictitious it can still change how society feels about a certain issue. The two novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut romanticizes what war is like‚ emphasizing ideas such as glory‚ horror‚ honor‚ patriotic duty‚ and adventure. The similarities include both authors have their impression that the absurdity of war is morally wrong‚ how soldiers act as toys in the

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    <b>Outline</b> <br> <br>Thesis: Technology is the villain in Kurt Vonnegut’s works because of his hatred of corporate insensitivity and his awareness of the destructive social impact of science and technology. <br> <br>I. Kurt Vonnegut has a great awareness of the destructive social impact of science and technology. <br>A. Contraptions that Vonnegut calls "social transplants" replace contact with the awful real relatives and friends with synthetic ones. <br>1. Computers minimize human contact even

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