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Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut's "A Man Without a Country""Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different."- Kurt Vonnegut - Master American AuthorVonnegut used humor and science fiction to deliver social commentary. His off-beat, whimsical stories have the ability to make the reader laugh and think at the same time.
- My Favourite Novelist: Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut stands out among the writers whose work shaped me - his telegraphic style was the best way to express a man's difficulty of coping with schizophrenic day-to-day life
- Kurt Vonnegut: A Legacy of Insanity and KindnessKurt Vonnegut offers a glimpse at society's unsung, and often insane, heroes. Those that rise against the pessimism, commercialism, and selfishness of our world to share hope and kindness.
Missouri Bans Vonnegut's Iconic BookWesley Scroggins is easily offended. Homosexuality and oral sex don't seem to be his cup of tea, and that's why he lashed out at the Republic School District in Missouri last year for teaching those 'œconcepts' in the classroom.- Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Lest We ForgetWhy Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite novelist.
- Kurt Vonnegut: Satirical GeniusThis is a very brief biography of Kurt Vonnegut. It provides a short snapshot of him as a person and as an author. This article can help to decide if his writing would be the kind of writing that would interest you as a reader.
- Kurt Vonnegut: So it GoesKurt Vonnegut was one of the worlds premier satirists. His bestselling anti-war novel, "Slaughterhouse-Five", still endures (in my humble opinion) as one of the greatest literary works of the twentieth century.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - a Man of Many TalesKurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote many short stories over the years, and the social commentary they hold is still relevant today. His works challenge the reader to think well beyond the story, into our everyday lives.
Book Review: Kurt Vonnegut's "Dead-Eye Dick"Like "Breakfast of Champions" and "Cat's Cradle," this novel is a mixture of humor, satire and irony amidst a backdrop of family, war, recipes and "peepholes" closing.
Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle": Lies & Delusions at the Core of Our World"Tiger got to hunt. Bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, Bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand."
Book Review: Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday"Through the lives of Dwayne Hoover and Kilgore Trout, two supposedly unrelated men who had tons in common, Vonnegut exposes everything that's hypocritical, oppressive and cruel about American culture.
Look at the Birdie: A Last Look at Kurt VonnegutThe ghost of excellence past.- Analysis of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five is a testimony to the destructiveness of war as seen through the eyes of veteran and survivor of the Dresden fire bombings Billy Pilgrim.
Last Words: a Review of Kurt Vonnegut's Last Published PiecesA review of the 2008 collection of Kurt Vonnegut's previously unpublished work.
Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey HouseAll about the wierd and the not-so-wierd- Absurdity of War - Analysis of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse FiveVonnegut uses humor and science fiction to expose the absurdities of war.
- Kurt Vonnegut's HOCUS POCUS: Logic Vs. DisorderHocus Pocus hinges on this dissonance between what is posed as truth and what is actually true.
- Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: War and ChildrenKurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five in many instances reveals the author's beliefs about the damage war inflicts on the young.
- Vonnegut's Unique Twist on an Old MessageVonnegut's departure from the conventional novel style, the anti-war book still remains a timeless warning of destruction and an insight into the complexity of time.
- Book Review: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt VonnegutGod Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is so imaginative in its use of oddity and humor that readers will recall the little jokes and Vonnegutisms long after the book has been put away.
- Slaughterhouse-Five SummaryVonnegut accomplishes his goal to 'enlighten' readers of the reality of war by the Tralfamadorians' view of earth and Billy Pilgrim as a soldier.
A Critical Interpretation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five"Unstuck in time": Postmodern Narrative Delineation and Escape in the Holocaust Text of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five- An Analysis of Kurt Vonnegut's WorksThis essay describes many of the key factors that prompted much of the writing in Kurt Vonnegut's life and the many repeating ideas that show up in his works.
- Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle: An AnalysisJust as the narrator believes in karass and the idea that some people are meant to be in his life for better or worse, Vonnegut has his narrator illustrate his search for the truth through his contact with various characters.
- Humanism and Equality Expressed Through Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"Vonnegut took his ideals and morals about humanity and formed "Harrison Bergeron" to express the changes that all of humanity must make to move forward to triumph over war and prejudice.
- Kurt Vonnegut's Use of Humor in Cat's CradleA look at the use of satire, black humor, and irony in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle.
- The Life and Times of Kurt VonnegutA close, simple look at the life of a world-renowned writer, teacher, and playwright, and the world he lived in.
- The Use of Humor in Vonnegut's WritingKurt Vonnegut's use of satire and imagery in the novel Cat's Cradle.
- Slaughterhouse Five: An Argument Supporting the Ideals of the Late Kurt VonnegutAn overview of the late Kurt Vonnegut's best-selling 1969 novel, Slaughterhouse-Five.
- Kurt Vonnegut's Armageddon in Retrospect: A ReviewApril 11, 2007 was a difficult day for me. I had just spent the entire day at Hospice. Then my father says to me, "Well, this isn't going to help your mood much," and hands me a piece of paper. The headline read "Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84". I fell apart.
- God Bless You Mr. VonnegutHow a new writer disguised a classic by Vonnegut with minor twists and witnessed 99% of the publishing world reject it.
Rereading Slaughterhouse-Five 30 Years LaterOriginally published in 2000, "Unstuck" reflects on the impact of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five had on a teenaged reader in 1970 as he rereads the book thirty years down the road.- The Role of Madness in "Breakfast of Champions"Literary experts of every kind have tried to pick apart the work of Kurt Vonnegut, and this essay is no exception. A look into how Vonnegut uses the element of madness to his advantage, and the role it takes in the story, "Breakfast of Champions".
- My Conversation with Kurt VonnegutJournalist learned something very important in a chat with one of science fiction's top minds.
Why You Should Go Out and Buy Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Right NowThis is a futuristic novel done in the 1950's with real-life issues that we still face today.- All of My Heroes Are Dying: Good-Bye Mr. VonnegutWell I just read the news. I was getting on the web to do some surfing and there it was. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has passed on. He was 84.
Vonnegut's Gone -The American Dream - InvertedIn a lifetime of writing brilliance Vonnegut woke us up to what we can become, if we will.
15 Best Kurt Vonnegut QuotesKurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was one of America's greatest writers. His science fiction novels and short stories were politically irrelevant. Read on:- Goodbye Kurt VonnegutHe, himself, is probably chuckling on his way to the afterlife.
