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Kurt Vonnegut
Title: Kurt Vonnegut
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1145 | Pages: 4.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Kurt Vonnegut
The Humorous Atrocities
He [Vonnegut] had no taste for war; and even less for being a survivor of it. (Blieler 553)
When a person faces the hardships of life, he must develop a way of dealing with the dark situation set before him. Kurt Vonnegut, one of America’s outstanding modern authors, certainly dealt with the atrocities of life himself. His experiences during the Great Depression, his childhood, and World War II helped mold his perspective …showed first 75 words of 1145 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1145 total…of America’s history. Vonnegut, therefore, tries his best to portray his tragedies in a humorous tone for the sake of the audience’s enjoyment and mood. Even Vonnegut’s titles are described as mosaics, where each title is a separate joke (Magill 2013). This comical recollection of his past tragedies, creates not only a funny autobiographical story of Vonnegut, but also develops a realistic, yet humorous dialogue with the reader throughout each of his novels.
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