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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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    write with your own style. I am writing this essay in order to share with the readers what I learned after reading the text « How to write with style » written by Kurt Vonnegut. Before starting with the deep details‚ I am going to give a brief general idea about the text and some reasons why I chose this text to make its summary. Kurt Vonnegut mentioned in his writing of this text some technics to write with style easily and to avoid some difficulties in expressing our ideas and thoughts while we

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    Galapagos – a heavenly island in the disguise of hell (final) In “Galapagos”‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses Darwin’s evolution theory to base a dark and funny narrative on human beings. Told from the narrative of the spirit of Leon Trout‚ the novel humourously and painstakingly compels its readers to reflect on humanity and our roles as human beings. From a mix of characters tossed on the

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    New Criticism on Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” Literary devices are used throughout literature to help readers have a better understanding. Metaphors‚ for example‚ help readers to have a better visual of different aspects. In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron‚” metaphors are evident throughout the short story. The metaphors that are used throughout the short story‚ such as‚ “dancing to the ceiling‚” “kissed the ceiling‚” and “breaking the chains‚” help readers to have a better understanding

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    famous writer but wasn’t sure who to pick. Having it thought through I decided that it would really be an honor if Kurt Vonnegut was my college roommate. I hadn’t read any of his books up until my senior year in high school and I regret not having read his books before. One of my favorite books I have read is "Slaughterhouse-Five". In this book I was able to catch a glimpse of Kurt Vonnegut’s life experiences such as being a prisoner of war. Knowing that he went through many tough situations just

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    George Gerges Ms. Worth AP Language and Comp 30 November 2012 The Combat of Death In Slaughterhouse Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses irony to demonstrate the destructiveness and depreciations of war. Vonnegut incorporated many cases of irony in his book‚ and they overall enhance the meaning throughout the passage. One of the prime situations of irony took place with Edgar Derby. This poor man had to endure suffering and pain during the course of the war and the firebombing‚ only to be executed in the

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    “‘Schlachthof-fünf’ Schlachthof meant slaughterhouse. Fünf was good old five”(Vonnegut 153). In Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five‚ the main character throughout the book is “unstuck in time”. The author tells readers the character’s life out order‚ basically readers go wherever the character goes in time. To write this book as an interesting and unique kind of war book without glamorizing the war‚ based on his experiences Vonnegut chose to write about the effects of war on soldiers but mostly himself

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    Slaughterhouse-Five is a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut. This book could be interpreted in many ways but in tn the most direct explanation‚ the book is about a man who served in the army during World War II who decides to write about a man who serves in World War II who is also dealing with aliens‚ time travel‚ family‚ and such. The “escape” for the first man mentioned in the novel‚ is literature. For many years literature has been accepted and praised throughout the world. Since the beginning literature

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    the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. I found it to be intriguing and strange. I was so glad it was a science fiction piece and not a reality. In the stories futuristic society of 2081 the leaders took drastic measures to “lift up” the non-gifted and ensure equality among the people. If someone was better looking “their faces were masked” (Kurt Vonnegut) and if someone had more strength than others they made to wear “bags of birdshot” (Kurt Vonnegut) also known as handicap bags

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    The novel Slaughterhouse Five written by Kurt Vonnegut is a book about the bombing of Dresden‚ Germany during World War II. However‚ this novel is far from the conventional war story‚ as author Kurt Vonnegut bends and breaks the standard rules of storytelling. As the bombing of Dresden was far from conventional Vonnegut wrote an unconventional story to go along with it. The novel is not written in chronological order and skips around to different times. Since the main character Billy Pilgrim is

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