Slaughterhouse-Five Research Assignment by Carolyn Dewey https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7 en-us 2017-04-25 13:36:52 UTC 2017-04-26 18:01:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Who were his major influences? olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104163 His major influences were George Orwell, Mark Twain, and Joseph Heller. He was best known for his unusual styles of writing. 

]]> 2017-04-25 13:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104163 Major Works carolynd19480 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104205 Kurt Vonnegut was awarded the Humor Award in both 2014 and 2015. He assigned grades to all his books in Chapter 18 of Palm Sunday.
Some of his other books include:
Player Piano: B
The Sirens of Titan: A
Mother Night: A
Cat's Cradle: A+
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A
Slaughterhouse-Five: A+
Welcome to the Monkey House: B-
Happy Birthday, Wanda June: D
Breakfast of Champions: C
Slapstick: D
Jailbird: A
Palm Sunday: C]]> 2017-04-25 13:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104205 What style of writing was he known for? olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104637 More specifically in Slaughterhouse 5, he included many examples of satire, science fiction, and does not include any suspense. In the novel, there was a lot of individual scenes that worked together to mean something, while including reality within a fictional novel. Kurt Vonnegut also add that all stories have shapes, and each shape includes a low point, a high point, and end with another point of happiness. ]]> 2017-04-25 13:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168104637 Who is he? olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168105040 He married his high school sweetheart, studied at Cornell, enlisted in the army, worked several jobs after the war, three kids, his father, grandfather, and brother were architects, he was mainly raised by his african american cook (Ida Young), she gave his “moral construction and was exceedingly nice”, his parents brewery closed due to the Prohibition in the US, thus his brother and sister ended up going into private schools for their primary and secondary education. 

]]> 2017-04-25 13:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168105040 What was his childhood and adult life like? olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168105199 2017-04-25 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168105199 olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106007 2017-04-25 13:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106007 olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106232 2017-04-25 13:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106232 olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106810 2017-04-25 13:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168106810 olivias19072 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168107007 2017-04-25 13:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168107007 What was his childhood and adulthood like? hannahs19573 https://padlet.com/carolynd19480/s217tifgdoj7/wish/168111771 Kurt Vonnegut was an American Novelist during the 1950’s up until his death a few years ago. His father and grandfather were architects building the Das Deutsche Haus, The Bell Telephone Company, and The Fletcher Trust Building. His parents also owned a brewery, but the brewery was shut down due to the alcohol ban in the United States during the Great Depression. He was the youngest of three, his brother and sister being the more privileged children of the three. They had attended a pristine private school for both their primary and secondary education, while Vonnegut attended a public school. Vonnegut mainly looked up to his household cook, Ida Young, as a child, saying she gave him “Moral Construction and was exceedingly nice”. After high school he studied at Cornell University. At Cornell he retained his Literal Arts Degree, and often wrote for the Cornell Sun. Vonnegut only completed three years at Cornell before enlisting in the United States Army during World War II. He then attended Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Tennessee as part of his training, where he studied Mechanical Engineering before being deployed to Europe. During the war he ended up becoming a Prisoner Of War. When he was finally rescued and returned home he married his high school sweetheart and had three children. Thus in 1952 his first major book was published, the Player Piano. Then on April 11, 2007, he left behind his many great works and family, and passed away in Manhattan, New York, the city where dreams are made. 

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