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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! 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! 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. |
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
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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
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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.” |
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. |
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. |
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' |
The Tralfamadorian Paradigm |
Author: Nicolas Kelleher |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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