Kurt Vonnegut Research Paper

As a student in high school, one will read countless books to pass their English courses. Often times the books are somber and dramatic. Usually, the books are boring. It is not often that they get to read a book so unorthodox that they are left thinking, “Huh, was this actually a good book?” Kurt Vonnegut wrote just that, good books. A man that went through so much in life, Kurt had the life experience necessary to be able to write a comedic book with serious undertones. Kurt lived a life that should be admired by all.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on November 11th, 1922. While the first 21 years of his life may seem uneventful compared to once he enlisted, they are still important in shaping his character. Born in Indianapolis, he was the youngest of three to Kurt Vonnegut Sr. and his wife Edith. Though successful financially in earlier years, the great depression soon brought financial troubles to the

Kurt worked for GE for some years before he left to write full time in 1951. Kurt’s first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1952 and did well critically and financially. After a string of failed books, Vonnegut wrote Cat’s Cradle to much success in 1963. In 1969, his next book brought him into the conversation about the great writers. Slaughterhouse–Five and its antiwar rhetoric was massively successful with the generation of people affected by the Vietnam War.
Vonnegut’s later years were no quieter. Kurt was considered a hero and leader of the antiwar movement. He often spoke and rallies and colleges as well as taught and lectured at universities around the country. He and his wife divorced in 1971 in a split he called, “Terrible”. Kurt lived a life that not many others did and truly made the most of it. He left a legacy that will last for many decades as people open up his books and reflect. Kurt Vonnegut died as a result of brain injuries on April 11th, 2007. So it