Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was an American writer whose career lasted 50 years and was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1922. Vonnegut has written many novels, short stories, plays, and even a few works of non-fiction. One of the major influences on his writing, is due to his war experiences during World War II. During the time that he attended Cornell University, he enlisted and left before graduating. In the war, Vonnegut was captured by German forces and sent to Dresden, where he survived bombing raids by the Americans. This experience would impact the stories he composed in the years following. Stories such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Hocus Pocus, and Mother Night emphasize this experience - the most significant novel being Slaughterhouse-Five, in which
