Kurt Vonnegut Mini-Research Analysis by Sampson Aslesen https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw Taylor Group 1; Sam, Anna, Zach en-us 2017-04-24 14:09:01 UTC 2023-03-29 18:00:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Early Life sampsona19663 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840205 Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Vonnegut attended Cornell University, but dropped out in January 1943 and enlisted in the United States Army. ]]> 2017-04-24 14:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840205 Works zacharyw19305 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840277 First novel- Player Piano (p. 1952), about a world where machines have replaced human workers
Popular novels-
Cat's Cradle (p. 1963)
Slaughterhouse Five (p. 1969)
Throughout his later life, the styles of his novels became more satirical and experimental, as seen in Breakfast of Champions (p. 1973)
]]> 2017-04-24 14:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840277 Awards zacharyw19305 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840307 Kurt Vonnegut has won many awards. In 1973 Vonnegut won the Hugo Award For Best Dramatic Presentation, and in 1971 he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright. He also won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television Best Script, 30 Minutes or Less in Program Length award in 1960. In 2009 Vonnegut also won Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections.]]> 2017-04-24 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840307 Other Facts annam19592 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840798 - He once gave grades to all of his novels, giving Slaughterhouse 5 an A+
- He attempted suicide in 1984, and went on to write about it in several essays
-He has 8 rules for creating a short story, and is opposed to suspense in all of these works.]]> 2017-04-24 14:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167840798 Military Career sampsona19663 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167841055 After he dropped out of University, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee. He was later deployed to Europe to fight in World War II, but was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was imprisoned in Dresden and survived the Allied bombing of the city in the meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned, Slaughterhouse Five.]]> 2017-04-24 14:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/167841055 Writing Style sampsona19663 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168097856 Vonnegut's style is often described as manic depressive, and greatly inspired from many works of pulp fiction, fantasy, and even from his own family]]> 2017-04-25 13:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168097856 Death zacharyw19305 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168098914 On April 11, 2017, he died in Manhattan at the age of 84 due to brain injuries. One of his last sayings in his novels was that "everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."]]> 2017-04-25 13:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168098914 annam19592 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168099031 2017-04-25 13:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168099031 sampsona19663 https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168102504 http://www.biography.com/people/kurt-vonnegut-9520329
https://www.vonnegut.com]]> 2017-04-25 13:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sampsona19663/8d05o0d5ebaw/wish/168102504