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    Slaughterhouse-Five‚ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ is the tale of a gawky World War II veteran/soldier‚ Billy Pilgrim. His wartime experiences and their effects lead him to the ultimate conclusion that war is unexplainable. To portray this effectively‚ Vonnegut presents the story in two dimensions: historical and science-fiction. The irrationality of war is emphasized in each dimension by contrasts in its comic and tragic elements. The historical seriousness of the Battle of the Bulge and the bombing of

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    In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. it takes place in a society that makes everyone equivalent. In the short story‚ Vonnegut suggests that total equality is not an ideal worth striving for‚ which is saying if everyone functions exactly the same‚ then the extraordinary will be the ordinary. Harrison Bergeron tries to be the savior of the society and makes a stand showing how prejudiced this civilization is‚ but he ends up failing in the end. Harrison Bergeron‚ although

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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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    author‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ gives a brief account of his life that spans throughout World War II and his post-war traumatic war experience. The whole book plays throughout time as he travels in his thoughts around the places he has been to‚ implying that there is no present‚ future or past but just time‚ accompanied by a steady and regular pulse-like pace throughout the book. There is also a thin layer of mood spread out across the book‚ which is expressed through a pitiful connotation. Kurt uses irony

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    Literary Analysis: Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut Junior’s passage “Harrison and Bergeron” is a brief story written in 1961. It is about Harrison Bergeron‚ an inmate who is forced to diminish his abilities because they are more enhanced than everyone else’s. When Harrison tries to rebel against the laws of the land‚ he is shot and killed. “Harrison Bergeron” is similar to “1984”‚ a book written in 1948 by George Orwell. In “1984” every single leader of society is overthrown by Big Brother

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    A Review on Mother Night

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    In the novel Mother Night written by Kurt Vonnegut there are many dramatic and powerful scenes that Vonnegut describes throughout the novel to show the importance they had on Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s life. When Campbell finds out his wife is still alive and is reunited with her‚ beaten on his door step‚ and when he turns himself in. When Campbell talked about his past wife whom he suspected was dead for the past fifteen years it was very apparent that he indeed had a deep love

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    Harrison Bergerion Essay

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    the short story “Harris Bergeron‚” author Kurt Vonnegut creates a society where total quality is achieved and citizens live their lives without freedom or independence. Throughout his use of character‚ setting and plot‚ Vonnegut teaches an important lesson of the dangers of total equality. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” the characters have become miserable and depressed due to the fact that they are living under oppression. For example‚ Vonnegut emphasizes the pain George feels while wearing

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    Epicac Analysis

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    Analysis of EPICAC A short story written by Kurt Vonnegut The short story EPICAC is written by Kurt Vonnegut. It is a fictional text about a very intelligent and expensive computer‚ EPICAC‚ built by Dr. Ormand Von Kleigstadt to solve complex worldly problems. The narrator works with EPICAC on the night shift along with another mathematician; Pat Kilgallen‚ whom the narrator wishes to marry‚ but because of his lack of romance and poetic skills she keeps turning him down. That is how one day the

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    Slaughterhouse-Five‚ a massively successful novel written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1949 is a book that reveals the bombing took place in Dresden‚ Germany that has been significantly overlooked. The book explores a series of topics ranging from the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ absurdity of wars‚ and how the society perceived things. More specifically‚ the book focuses on the society’s attitude towards women. Vonnegut portrays women as overbearing‚ simple-minded‚ and highly superficial objects

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    In the short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the literary device‚ symbolism‚ develops the central idea. The central idea being‚ the government’s oppression and how it affects people. It is easy to rise from oppression‚ but people are too afraid to stand up. Harrison’s hindrance is that the government does not allow anyone to take off the handicaps. Harrison overcomes the obstacle by proving the government wrong‚ and doing the contrary. Symbolism is represented in the scene where Harrison

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