Kurt Vonnegut: A Postmodern Writer

Kurt Vonnegut was academically proficient; he completed his preliminary education from short ridge High School in Indianapolis in 1940. Then he went to Cornell University, where he studied biology and chemistry as a major subject. At Short ridge High, Vonnegut wrote for the students paper, The Echo and he continued his interest in journalism at Cornell, becoming the Managing Editor of the student paper, The Sun. Vonnegut writings are crisp and he is known for his declarative style, much like Hemingway. He has tried to learn a lot to become a news reporter in his early days. Vonnegut never makes literary references in his writings, but he seemed to admire Mark Twain’s style and even cultivated a physical resemblance. In 1947 Vonnegut moved …show more content…
In the fifty years during which he has published, however, literary scholars came to recognize Kurt Vonnegut as a being of most important postmodern writer. Critics and readers re-characterize his writing as well-intentioned. Despite pessimistic and skeptical undertones, humor and compassion guarded with optimism are seen in his writings. With the help of their inventive imagination, Kurt Vonnegut’s characters create a new mythology to readjust themselves to the requirements of the modern world. His characters are found fantasizing in their attempt to cope with the seemingly irrational realities of life. For instance, Malachi Constant in The Sirens of Titan, Jonah in Cat’s Cradle and Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five seek imaginary props to their lives which have otherwise become intolerable thereby affording a possible or a potential mode of survival to …show more content…
Make up Your Mind in 1993. Miss Temptation in 1993 and this is adapted by David Cooperman, The Very first Christmas Morning which is published in 1962, Fortitude was published in 1968, Adam in 1954, All the King’s Horses, which was published in 1951, Ambitious Sophomore in 1954, The Boy who Hated Girls in 1956, Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp in 1957 and it is collected in Canary in a Cat House. My Name is Everyone in 1961, Happy Birthday 1951 which is published in 2008, Just you and Me, Sammy in 2008, 2BR02B in 1962, Bomar in 2011 and The Epizootic in 2011
Kurt Vonnegut also wrote articles which is very popular during his period time are, As a Kid I was the Youngest, America: Right and Wrong in 1992, American Christmas Card 2004 in 2004, Avoiding the Big Ban in 1982 that is published in The New York Time. Dear Felix is Letter published in Palm