Kurt Vonnegut

We can tell that this is a fact because it talks about the day when the Handicap Police came to their house and took Harrison away from them “the H-G men took George and Hazel Bergeron’s fourteen-year-old son, Harrison, away.” (Vonnegut 1). This shows that even though they have to love each other as much as the next, they still can watch them grow. This proves that this book is a Dystopia because they can’t love their own child, the person that they gave birth to, more than their…

Pilgrim sustains from the war and the very initial impact it has on his mind. Lastly, anapest, a rhythmic meter where two short syllables are followed by one long, stressed syllable, is indicative of the full impact that the war has on Pilgrim as Vonnegut uses it to depict all the instances of where Pilgrim exhibits symptoms of PTSD and faces social consequences because of his condition. These three very different meters, governed by Vonnegut’s purpose of bringing a realistic image of the war to…

Is it fair that one individual can effortlessly learn a subject in an hour, while it takes another a week of strenuous work? Is it fair that a wealthy person easily gets out of jail on bail, while a poor person stays in, although both were charged for the same crime? We all want to believe that equal and fair treatment for all can exist and is possible because all humans are made equal, however, complete equality in society in any period of time is an unrealistic and impractical aim. As Nancy…

Imagine this, you're in a society where everybody is equal, nobody is better than anyone. You are not able to show your to strengths.You would have to wear weights so you wouldn't be stronger, a deep screech in your ear if any smarter than anybody else. Therefore going to look hideous of how “beautiful’ you were. If you would take your handicaps off the government would punish you sometimes it would end with death. If any body was against the government they would be in jail. As in a short story…

How do the authors of Catch-22 and Dr Strangelove use irony and black humour to illustrate the futility of war and criticise those in authority during war? Coming out of the Cold War era, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb make scathing satire of war and politicians. Heller and Kubrick explore their ideas about the futility of war and those who have authority in war using irony and black humour. While Heller uses…

“God is holy. God gives life. God is the king of all things. Let it be said, in the name of the holy one, that we now pronounce our new ruler, King Daniel.” As this was said, trumpets blared, and King Daniel appeared for all to see. His people quailed (1) by throwing flowers at his feet as he walked with a powerful gait (2) and praised him. The people were brainwashed, and thought of him as immaculate (3). To them, he was sent from the heavens to deliver God’s message for all to hear. Every day,…

Alfred F. Young seeks to shed some light on the American Revolution by telling the life of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a shoemaker, who fought for a better future in hopes of providing for his family. However how did a poor shoemaker end up being an essential character in several important events during the revolution? As well as, why had Hewes been granted a place in history when the majority of people from his social class have been forgotten? Young “discovered Hewes through an inordinately…

“Maybe it’s a supernatural phenomenon!” Ace encourages from his place across Nami and Vivi. “Aliens could’ve done it!” Luffy chokes on his food. “Mhphh—!” “Don’t do that.” Zoro frowns at Ace as he reached over and pats Luffy’s back. “You’ll get him all excited over nothing.” Ace grins mischievously. “What if she’s an alien herself and she’s come to take over the planet!” Luffy’s arms are going everywhere and he’s babbling nonsense behind all the food in his mouth. Law, who’d been quietly…

A Metaphor for War: Schwarzschild Radius and Black holes Connie Willis communicates that a black hole is akin to war through the use of a number of metaphors in her story Schwarzschild Radius. Schwarzschild Radius is about a World War One veteran, Rottschieben who is recounting his time in the war to a curious college student who wished to know about his time working alongside the physicist that is attributed with the discovery of the Schwarzschild Radius. Willis uses comparisons such as…

“What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a King’s cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? I call it Earth.” ("Jordan Sonnenblick." Goodreads.), said the very famous author named Jordan Sonnenblick in his bestselling novel, Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. ("Jordan Sonnenblick.") Sonnenblick learned in his life that that is indeed true. He is best known for the way he mixes humor in with what…