At first glance, the Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut is an unconventional classic that rambles on about Dwayne Hoover, an affluent car salesman, being driven insane by Kilgore Trout--an insane science fiction writer published in only the best pornographic magazines. Yet, if one reads past the first chapter, Vonnegut’s departure from a traditional plot structure and implementation of witty political commentary reveal that the purpose of this book really was to “clear his head of all the junk in there” (Vonnegut). In an era when people were prosecuted for their alleged support of communism and the Monroe Doctrine was employed to protect the globe against “the threat from the east”, Vonnegut makes various audacious claims regarding what