Kurt Vonnegut’s Opinions Expressed in Player Piano, Cat’s Cradle, and

Kurt Vonneguts Opinions Expressed in Player Piano, throws Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five Every so often, a person comes along and encompasses the content of a gen durationtion. This person will capture everything people want to say, and and so word it so well that his or her name becomes legendary. The sixties was an era with some(prenominal) of these people, each with his or her own means of reaching the people. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., fortify with a typewriter and a motive, was amongst those that defined the sixties. Like other notable figures of the sixties, his well opinions moved the people. Vonneguts opinions cover a wide range of topics and predict almost all aspects of society. He represented the flower children of the sixties, as he protested the Vietnam War. After his horror of World War II, it is not surprising that Vonnegut hostile war. He also had a unique philosophy about religion, as well. To him, religion is a term with a much broader implication than solely the establishment of the church. Vonnegut also compares himself to dictators, as a servant of the people. Opinions such as these are not only found in the many telling interviews, such as his interview with Playboy magazine. Kurt Vonnegut goes above and beyond many other writers, as he voices his opinions in the actual text of his novels, such as Player Piano, Cats Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonneguts history has shaped him into the modern day writer that he is now. Kurt, Jr. was born to Kurt, senior and Edith Vonnegut on November 11, 1922. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kurt was the youngest child who was always fighting for attention. existence a youngest child was how he developed his rich and intelligent whiz of humor (Ethridge 1-4 970). ... ...at http//www.sparknotes.com/lit/slaughter/. 2 Dec. 2001.McLaughlin, Frank. An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut. Media and Methods May 1973 38-41, 45-46.Merrill, Robert. Kurt Vonnegut as a German Ameri can. The Vonnegut Chronicles. Westport Greenwood, 1996. 73-83.Schalt, Stanley. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Boston Twayne, 1976.Shenker, Israel. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Lights Comic Paths of Despair. modernistic York Times 21 Mar. 1969, sec 1, 41.Standlish, David. Playboy Interview. Playboy July 1973 57-60, 62, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 214, 216.Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. young York Avon, 1968.Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five or the Childrens Crusade. New York Dell, 1969.Ward, Selena. Sparknotes for Cats Cradle for Kurt Vonnegut. Sparknotes. Online. Internet. getable at http//www.sparknotes.com/lit/catscradle/. 2 Dec 2001.