Kurt Vonnegut Research Paper

Kurt Vonnegut passed away in 2007. If I had the chance to go back in time and smoke a Pall Mall with him, I wonder what I’d say. If I somehow managed to maintain my cool, perhaps I’d stare straight into his soul and mouth the words “So it goes” or as is the more probable outcome, crumble into a pathetic stuttering fanboy. I have probably read “Cat’s Cradle (1963)”, “The Monkey House (1968)” and “Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)” at least five times each and they are amongst my favorite books of all time.

Aside from his terrifically imaginative page-turners, Vonnegut is remembered for his forthrightness about both political and moral issues, as well as the importance of art. He advocated humanism and kindness both in interviews and in his books, with many of his novels littered with quotable advice on how to live well. As a writer, Vonnegut broke all the rules and it surprisingly worked. He was famously critical of the impersonal sterility of journalistic reporting, something that is still particularly emphasized in contemporary debates about how personal the writerly persona should be. In contrast newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writing, Vonnegut’s volumes reveal a lot about his inner psyche, revelations, accidental and intentional elements of expression to readers. According to Vonnegut, an empty headed writer has never been admired for his ability
Vonnegut personally wrote a letter to the board of the school, stating, "If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you would learn that they are not sexy, and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind. They beg that people be kinder and more responsible than they often are. It is true that some of the characters speak coarsely. That is because people speak coarsely in real