Curtis Smith writes about how Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five "influenced him as an author.
Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war.
War stories are impossible to write. Nevertheless, Vonnegut decided to begin his war story with Billy Pilgrim, a conqueror of the American dream. However, Billy's success isn't limited to business...
Discusses the characters, plot and writing of Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut. Includes critical essays on the novel and a brief biography of the author.
Presents a collection of critical essays about Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five.
The story of Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five, an enduring masterpiece on trauma and memory Kurt Vonnegut was twenty years old when he enlisted in the United States Army.
Gale, Cengage Learning. Barbara is Billy Pilgrim's daughter. It is on the night of her wedding that Billy is kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians. After her mother's death, Barbara assumes a parental role with the increasingly detached ...
This is merely one example of Vonnegut's unmatched moral clarity. He, more than any other writer I can think of, could cut through cant and sophistry and dissembling to expose our collective self-deceptions for what they are.
NOTE : The Virginian Vonnegut refers to is William Styron , whose novel The Confessions of Nat Turner had recently been published . That book portrayed sympathetically the trials and tribulations of a black slave in the Old South ...
With Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal anti-war story, Slaughterhouse-Five, Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!) translate a literary classic into comic book ...
Furthermore, it will make use of this connection in order to suggest why Kurt Vonnegut wrote this book.