"There are no dull subjects, only dull writers" - H.L. Mencken This collection of essays consists mostly of papers written by students. Have this in mind if you intend to quote them in your own writing. Nevertheless, I hope that essays in this collection will help you understand Vonnegut's writing or look on his works from a slightly different viewpoint. You can also download the essay collection as a zipped archive on your hard disk. DOWNLOAD essays.zip (660 KB) NEW! Science Wreaks Havoc NEW! Author: Gary Cahalane Rating: ??% Length: 2,653 words / 9 pages Description: "As science gave man the opportunity to measure and observe a mechanical universe, it gave him the power to cause his own havoc too; it also robbed him of the language and imaginative framework within which to make sense of the ruin." Do you agree? NEW! The Effects of War on Slaughterhouse-Five�s Billy Pilgrim NEW! Author: Cameron Batschke Rating: ??% Length: 989 words / 3 pages Description: An essay that looks upon the effects of war on Billz Pilgrim NEW! Bach Turns Over In His Heaven NEW! Author: Dan Long Rating: ??% Length: 1,905 words / 6 pages Description: Dan Long's article from BACHorgan about Vonnegut, Timequake, organs etc. NEW! Kurt Vonnegut's Neocon America: War and Socialism in Player Piano NEW! Author: Thomas M. Sipos Rating: ??% Length: 1,063 words / 4 pages Description: An essay on the themes of Player Piano. NEW! A Heaping Helping of Dehumanization: Breakfast of Champions NEW! Author: Michael Pardo Rating: ??% Length: 1,938 words / 7 pages Description: An analysis of the main theme of Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions--dehumanization. NEW! The Consolation of Boethius and Vonnegut NEW! Author: Brian R. Rausse Rating: ??% Length: 3,157 words / 11 pages Description: A comparison of Slaughterhouse Five with The Consolation of Philosophy, a work by Boethius, an early philosopher and how each tackles the concept of change and, ultimately, happiness.. Vonnegut's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Reality Author: Paul Young Rating: 80% Length: 3,261 words / 11 pages Description: An analysis of Vonnegut's usage of several tools, such as repetition, his incorporation of the reader and himself into the novel, etc. So It Goes: An examination of life through death in Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Jerry Green Rating: 76% Length: 898 words / 3 pages Description: A paper examining the theme and plot of Slaughterhouse-Five. Slaughterhouse Five: A Novel Of Opposites Author: Chad Hines Rating: 84% Length: 2,237 words / 8 pages Description: An essay dealing with the opposing views of time and the conflicts between Tralfamadorianism and Christianity in Slaughterhouse Five. Billy Pilgrim�s Two Characters Author: John Harrigan Rating: 75% Length: 407 words / 2 pages Description: An analysis of Billy Pilgrim�s character in Slaughterhouse Five. Cat�s Cradle: Between the Strings Author: Lucas Kacher Rating: 78% Length: 1,183 words / 4 pages Description: An essay dealing with satiric views of religion in Cat's Cradle A New Prose for a New Medium Author: Andrew Liao Rating: 69% Length: 2,554 words / 9 pages Description: An analysis and comparison of two papers in this collection on Slaughterhouse-Five. Scientific Suicide: Science, Machinery and Wars in Vonnegut� Novels Author: Primoz Trobevsek Rating: 87% Length: 22,791 words / 74 pages Description: All themes in Vonnegut�s work at the end bring about the same question: �Are we able to survive as a species?� ,the stories� loose ends may be answering: �It�s up to you, but you haven�t done too well so far.� Postmodernist Features in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Author: Eliska Plackova Rating: 81% Length: 2,839 words / 10 pages Description: A paper describing postmodernist features in Vonnegut�s Novel Cat�s Cradle. War in Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Michael S. Miska Rating: 85% Length: 2,080 words / 7 pages Description: A paper on Slaughterhouse-Five focusing on the theme of war. Slaughterhouse Five: The Novel and the Movie Author: Brian Rodriguez Rating: 87% Length: 3,417 words / 12 pages Description: A comparison of Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five and its movie adaptation. Vonnegut's Simplicity in Cat's Cradle Author: Steve Lustbader Rating: 79% Length: 1,230 words / 4 pages Description: A paper on Cat's Cradle focusing on simplicity of style in Vonnegut's writing. Artificial Family Units in America: Vonnegut's Philosophy on Interdependence and Relationships Author: Lauren Abbott Rating: 82% Length: 2,148 words / 8 pages Description: A research paper concerning Vonnegut's development of biological and artificially forming family groups and their impact on American culture and ideals. It explains how Vonnegut's personal experiences with family have influenced his writings and helped develop his beliefs. Vonnegut as a Bug in Amber: Connection of Fiction and Autobiography in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Author: Marek Vit Rating: 93% Length: 25,969 words / 86 pages Description: An extensive analysis of Vonnegut's literary works, pointing out the connection between his fiction and his life. Understanding Religion Through Cat's Cradle Author: Liana Price Rating: 89% Length: 3,076 words / 10 pages Description: Vonnegut's view of religion as presented in his novel Cat's Cradle. Windows Into the Psyche of Kurt Vonnegut Author: Tim Heck Rating: 81% Length: 961 words / 3 pages Description: Vonnegut's works as windows into his own mind, a literary psychoanalysis. Destruction of Dresden, Destruction of Vonnegut's Dream Author: Brittany Dunstan Rating: 76% Length: 1,772 words / 6 pages Description: A reasearch paper on the affects of WWII on KV's writing, especially Slaughterhouse-Five. Synchronicity Between Parallel Plot Lines in Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Cortney Joseph Fusco Rating: 79% Length: 1,215 words / 4 pages Description: Vonnegut's universal acclaim and appeal surely comes in no small part from his gift for connecting, almost unnoticiably, seemingly unrelated objects and events to give them deeper meaning, creating a phenomenon known within Jungian circles as synchronicity. Main Points of the Movie Harrison Bergeron Author: Brent Garrison Rating: 71% Length: 1,119 words / 4 pages Description: An essay outlining the main points and a little portion on irony and symbolism relating to Vonnegut's 'Harrison Bergeron' Autobiography and Philosophy in the Personal Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: 1968-1979 Author: Glenn Bergoettz Rating: 92% Length: 18,450 words / 60 pages Description: An extensive study of Kurt Vonnegut's four personal novels: Slaughterhouse-Five (1968), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Slapstick (1976), and Jailbird (1979). The Use of Fragmentation in Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Jason Dawley Rating: 84% Length: 1,480 words / 5 pages Description: An essay analyzing the structure of Slaughterhouse-Five. The Only Story of Mine Whose Moral I Know Author: Gray Proctor Rating: 63% Length: 2,576 words / 9 pages Description: An exploration of the relationship of the issue of Lie and Truth in Mother Night Humanity and Divinity in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut Author: Marek Vit Rating: 89% Length: 9,566 words / 33 pages Description: An earlier version of the essay Vonnegut as a Bug in Amber, analyzing the images of humanity and God in Vonnegut's works. The Tralfamadorian Paradigm Author: John Smith Rating: 62% Length: 1,249 words / 4 pages Description: An exploration of the Tralfamadorian philosophy in Slaughterhouse Five. Destiny Used as a Fictive Device Author: Nathan Martin Rating: 77% Length: 1,593 words / 6 pages Description: An examination of Vonnegut's use of destiny as a fictive device. A Critical Analysis of Slaughterhouse Five Author: Quinn Lewis Rating: 78% Length: 2,379 words / 8 pages Description: A critical analysis of Slaughterhouse Five. Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You Author: Adam R. Marton Rating: 69% Length: 3,612 words / 13 pages Description: A critical essay discussing a common theme in Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Mother Night, "Welcome to the Monkey House", and "Harrison Bergeron": Government forces are destructive to the individual, who is forced to do evil in the name of good. A Life Worth Living Author: Nick McDowell Rating: 67% Length: 2,230 words / 8 pages Description: An analysis of Vonnegut�s theme: Life is worth living no matter what. Behaving Decently in an Indecent Society Author: Mark Von Winkle Rating: 84% Length: 3,951 words / 14 pages Description: An analysis of some aspects of Kurt Vonnegut's writing. So It Goes Author: Leslie Phillips Rating: 82% Length: 2,207 words / 7 pages Description: An overview of various things such as themes, symbols, metaphors, etc. in Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. It stresses the idea of predestination throughout the text. Mother Night Research Paper Author: Chris Russo Rating: 64% Length: 2,028 words / 7 pages Description: A reserch paper on the novel Mother Night. Cat's Cradle Research Paper Author: Chris Russo Rating: 72% Length: 2,133 words / 7 pages Description: A research paper on the novel Cat's Cradle. Bugs in a Jar Author: Anthony Boyer Rating: 72% Length: 630 words / 2 pages Description: An essay about the usage of humor in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. The Rise And Fall of Idealism Author: Chris Hale Rating: 89% Length: 1,859 words / 7 pages Description: Idealism in the works of Kurt Vonnegut. Kilgore Trout: Kurt Vonnegut's Alter Ego Author: Stephanie E. Boner Rating: 76% Length: 1,546 words / 5 pages Description: Who really is Kilgore Trout? Uniformity and Deformity in "Harrison Bergeron" Author: Marek Vit Rating: 73% Length: 903 words / 3 pages Description: An analysis of the main theme of the story "Harrison Bergeron": Total equality and uniformity as the greatest enemy of humanity. Portrait of a Veteran Author: Anthony Boyer Rating: 72% Length: 1,252 words / 4 pages Description: The Effects of World War II on Kurt Vonnegut's Writing Bugs In Amber Author: Marek Vit Rating: 62% Length: 914 words / 3 pages Description: A comparison of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Themes of Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Marek Vit Rating: 80% Length: 2,689 words / 9 pages Description: An analysis of the main themes of Slaughterhouse Five. Some Comments on Mr. Rosewater Author: Marek Vit Rating: 73% Length: 574 words / 2 pages Description: Just a few comments on the novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Some comments on Breakfast of Champions Author: Marek Vit Rating: 71% Length: 1,202 words / 4 pages Description: A short essay commenting on the novel Breakfast of Champions. Some Comments on The Sirens of Titan Author: Marek Vit Rating: 64% Length: 857 words / 3 pages Description: A short essay commenting on the novel The SIrens of Titan. Have you written an essay about Kurt Vonnegut, his writing or a topic related to Kurt Vonnegut? Would you like to contribute to this collection? Please send me your essay and I'll consider publishing it on this site. Maintained by Marek Vit A Website for Czech students of English Last modification of this site: May 8, 2005 You are the visitor no. to this page since Nov 20, 1997