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Kurt Vonnegut's

Kurt Vonnegut's. Cat’s Cradle. Vonnegut's Bio. Birth: November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana 1940: Cornell University-- struggled in his chemistry and biology studies, he excelled as a columnist and managing editor for the Cornell Daily Sun

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Kurt Vonnegut's

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  1. Kurt Vonnegut's Cat’s Cradle

  2. Vonnegut's Bio • Birth: November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana • 1940: Cornell University-- struggled in his chemistry and biology studies, he excelled as a columnist and managing editor for the Cornell Daily Sun • 1944: his mother committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills

  3. 1944: Became a German prisoner of war after being captured in the Battle of the Bulge • Vonnegut and the other POW's survived bombing as they waited it out deep in the cellar of a slaughterhouse, where they were quartered– repatriated in May 1945

  4. Married long time friend and attended grad school at the University of Chicago • Master's thesis was rejected-- he moved to Schenectady, New York, to work as a publicist for General Electric. It was here that his fiction career began • First short story, "Report on the Barnhouse Effect”

  5. The Novel • An odd assortment of characters • Published in the wake of the Cold War weapons buildup and the tensions of the Cuban missile crisis, focuses on man's ability to destroy life on earth. • 1963 science fiction novel about the end of the world in the year 2000

  6. Themes • Avarice and Destruction • The Rejection of Truth as Innately Good • The Dichotomy of religion and science • The Danger of Technological Advancement • Personal Destiny and Control

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