Briefing a Story: Next Door 1. The narrator in the short story is the author Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut uses dialogue between characters to set the atmosphere for the reader. The tone of Next Door is suspenseful because Vonnegut takes the reader on an adventure of an eight year-old boy who stays home alone for the first time while his parents go to a movie. 2. There are 2 families in the story Next Door‚ the Leonards and the Hargers‚ whom are neighbors with very thin walls separating them
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Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. is a contemporary American author whose works have been described by Richard Giannone as "comic masks covering the tragic farce that is our contemporary life" (Draper‚ 3784). Vonnegut ’s life has had a number of significannot influences on his works. Influences from his personal philosophy‚ his life and experiences‚ and his family are evident elements in his works. Among his "comic masks" are three novels: Cat ’s Cradle‚ The Sirens of Titan‚ and God Bless You‚ Mr. Rosewater. Throughout
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Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most prominent writers of the early twentieth century. He based a majority of his writings on World War II‚ which he took part in. In his book “Slaughter House 5”‚ Vonnegut effectively uses his techniques of characterization‚ symbolism‚ and theme to establish the major themes of the novel. Vonnegut constantly uses characterization throughout his novel. Vonnegut described one of his characters Billy Pilgrim as “...like a rock” (Vonnegut 8). He says this to show how
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author Kurt Vonnegut uses the influence of technology in many of his short stories. In the short story “Welcome to the Monkey House‚” “Harrison Bergeron‚” and “EPICAC” there is a common theme of dehumanization from technology/science and authority. Kurt Vonnegut also uses literary elements and techniques that are common in all three of these short stories. Some techniques and elements such as characterization‚ style‚ conflict‚ setting‚ and or course the theme of his stories. In Kurt Vonnegut’s
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EPICAC is a short story which is written by Kurt Vonnegut and published in his book ¨Welcome to the Monkey House¨ (1968). This book is a collection of short stories with different themes from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers. This story was first published before in 1950 for Collier’s Weekly. Kurt Vonnegut (1992-2007) is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. Some of his most important
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Harger and what appeared to be his wife’s marriage‚ technically it worked. Style: Vonnegut’s style creates a very suspenseful atmosphere as it is leading to the ending which keeps the reader wanting to know what will happen next. Point of View: Kurt Vonnegut uses Third person limited point of view because the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of Paul while the other characters are presented externally. This point of view helps to create the suspenseful mood because we don’t know
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Litature is a major contributory factor in a decade. In the 70s there were several break-out authors who we still read and look up to today. Among them are John Updike‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ Toni Morrison‚ Neil Simon‚ Sam Sheperd‚ Agatha Christie‚ Robert C. Atkins‚ Christina Crawford‚ Richard Nixon‚ Carl Sagan‚ and Stephen King. Robert C. Atkins is responsible for the Atkins Diet which has taken America by storm. Christina Crawford is responsible for the book Mommie Dearest‚ which
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Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most famous author’s in literature. In “The Manned Missiles‚” he composed story in letter format‚ with messages between two fathers. These fathers had children who were interested in the aeronautical sciences. Both of the children were chosen to fly in space. However‚ there was a fatal incident where both of them died by the collision of their rockets. The fathers sympathize with each other for their losses through letters. Through these letters we can comprehend
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle is a fictional embedment of satirization used to reveal the flaws in mankind. Throughout the story Vonnegut introduced objects and characters that are meant to be satirical representations of people and things in the world. For example‚ Felix Hoenikker is a satirical element of science and technology in that he is presented as a man who believes that everything in the world is a game or puzzle and has no consequence. The hook in San Lorenzo is used as mockery of the death
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literature are very familiar with Kurt Vonnegut and his abilities‚ as an author‚ to portray fantastic literature. He is particularly known for his uses of science fiction. Even his shorter stories and different books‚ that are not supposed to be science fiction genre‚ have sort of a sense of his wacky science fiction style. Kurt Vonnegut very often makes a connection to nature or the real world style with science fiction‚ mostly by the use of humor and irony. Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11‚ 1922
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