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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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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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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Growing up we learn the importance of many different things. Of all these things‚ we have learned that being accepted into society‚ forming friendships‚ and loving someone are very important to us. In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story‚ “Who Am I This Time?”‚ we see through the experiences of Helene Shaw that by shutting ourselves off from others around us we can miss out on some of the most important things in life. Many things are important to us‚ one of these is being accepted
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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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have been in or the ones that they still in‚ I never realized that we are‚ as a country‚ addicts to war preparations‚ “If Western Civilizations were a person‚ we should be directing it to the nearest meeting of War-Preparers Anonymous‚ ” Writes Kurt Vonnegut in “1983 New York” (298) Vonnegut’s point is that we should be standing up and admitting that we have a problem‚ we have lost everything we cared about and should have come a long time ago; we hit rock bottom back in 1914. Although short‚ Vonnegut’s
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Themes are lessons or ideas that an author wants to convey through his or her writing. Common themes found in literature are “treat others the way you want to be treated‚” and “love will always conquer hate.” A theme in the epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ is that things will happen as they are meant to happen. The ideal of fate is consistently brought up throughout the poem as Beowulf heroically defeats many demons and beasts. It is believed in Beowulf’s culture that fate decides what happens to who and when
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Throughout the history of humanity‚ there is a theory that contemplates the developments throughout the history of humanity. This theory is the Common Themes Theory‚ and this theory states that everything revolves around having a problem‚ solution‚ and an effect. An example of how this theory works is the creation of the Medici Bank during the Early Renaissance. The Medici Bank was created because of a problem that occurred‚ so the Medici Bank was the solution‚ and in the end there were many positive
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people were put on trial‚ and 20 were killed. The Crucible was based on a true story about the belief of witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts. And it all started with a lie from a group of girls. There were 3 big themes in the play: Religion‚ False accusations‚ and Witchcraft. The first theme is Religion. In the story‚ the accusers based their accusations solely on religion. For instance‚ if you did not know the 10 Commandments then you would be accused of witchcraft. They often asked innocent people
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