Kurt Vonnegut Questions & Answers

Question 20 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) The Call of the Wild, The Son of the Wolf, and White Fang are all works associated with: Upton Sinclair Mark Twain Kate Chopin Jack London Question 21 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) I am a character in The House on Mango Street. I am a Mexican immigrant who works hard all day as a gardener to provide money for my family. Who am I? Esperanza Sally Mama Papa Question 23 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Which of Kurt Vonnegut’s books, based on his experiences as a prisoner of war during War World II in Germany, made him a millionaire? Deadeye Dick Breakfast of Champions Slaughter-House Five The Sirens of Titan Question 24 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Ernest Hemingway's writing style mirrored the rules he learned at: The Keynoter The New York Times Chicago Tribune Kansas City Star Question 26 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) "EPICAC" is told from which point of view? objective third person first person third person omniscient Question 31 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Which of the following characters did NOT have a handicap in "Harrison Bergeron"? Harrison George the H-G men Hazel Question 33 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) What does Esperanza in The House on Mango Street most want? a new name a home of her own to become a famous writer to leave Mango Street

Question 2 (Essay Worth 10 points) Which section of the course did you enjoy the most (Colonial Period, Romantic Period, Civil War Period, Realism Period, Modern Period, or Contemporary Period)? Please discuss why you enjoyed your study of that section of the course. Also discuss one piece of literature from that time period, with specific reasons why you enjoyed it. Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) "Harrison Bergeron” begins by stating “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally _______.” equal religious the same happy Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Whose words are these? ”We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.” Martin Luther King John F. Kennedy Sandra Cisneros Kurt Vonnegut Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is: a letter written by inmates and smuggled out via Martin Luther King, Jr. a letter to Southern clergymen from Martin Luther King, Jr. an account of the poor conditions at the jail a letter written from Martin Luther King, Jr., to his wife Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) In Langston Hughes' poem "The Weary Blues," he uses ______________ in the line "Thump, thump, thump when his foot hit the floor." assonance onomatopoeia consonance simile Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) The literary movement that produced writings focused on the individual and the hardships he faced is known as: realism regionalism naturalism idealism

So I'm trying to write an analysis on Slaughterhouse Five for school and I'm trying to say that Kurt Vonnegut doesn't believe in free will and believes that our lives are predetermined. I need help thinking of ways to back this analysis up though. Can anyone help me?

What points does he use in Slaughterhouse-Five to argue that free will does not exist?

I'm not smart enough to decipher the meaning of the Aliens in "Slaughterhouse 5".

I need a few important quotes from the book. I already found a few but I need more. Please help, thank you guys, so much.

I got a bunch of books for x-mas so which would you suggest? (Preferably give a reason as to why...or not, w/e) The Shadow Factory-James Bamford Brisingr- Christopher Paolini And The Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks-Kerouac and Burroughs Cat's Cradle, Slapstick, Timequake- all by Kurt Vonnegut High Fidelity- Nick Hornby We the Living-Ayn Rand Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency- Douglas Adams The Bourne Ultimatum- Robert Ludlum Gravity's Rainbow- Thomas Pynchon Live and Let Die, Moonraker- Ian Fleming Bloody Sunday- James Gleeson Born Standing Up- Steve Martin

http://www.topbabynames.com/choosing_a_baby_name/unique_baby_names/finding_unique_baby_names_in_popular_novels Girls: * Ix: Name of one of the planets in the “Dune” series by Frank Herbert. * Alia: From the “Dune”series by Frank Herbert. * Chani: From the “Dune” series by Frank Herbert. * Hermia: From Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. * Titania: From Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. * Dilsey: From “The Sound and The Fury”. * Valencia: From “Slaughterhouse-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. * Montana: From “Slaughterhouse-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. * Clover: From “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. * Bluebell: From “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. * Muriel: From “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. * Mara: From “Lilith” by George MacDonald. * Maharet: From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Mekare; From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Akasha: From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Sonietta: From “A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. * Cthylla: From “Secret Seed of Cthulu” by H.P. Lovecraft. * Brownie: From “American Gods” by Neil Gaimon. * Nettie: From “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. * Celie: From “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker Boys: * Vorian: From the “Dune” series, by Frank Herbert. * Leto: From the “Dune” series, by Frank Herbert. * Zum: From the “Dune” series, by Frank Herbert. * Lysander: From Shakespeare's“A Midsummer Night's Dream”. * Dagny: From “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. * Ragnar: From “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. * Kilgore: From “Slaughterhouse-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. * Minimus: From “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. * Aziz: From “A Passage to India” by E.M. Forster. * Cyril: From “A Passage to India” by E.M. Forster. * Mael: From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Merrick: From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Marius: From the vampire chronicles of Anne Rice. * Dagon: From H.P. Lovecraft's short story “Dagon”. * Shadow: From “American Gods” by Neil Gaimon * Wednesday: From “American Gods” by Neil Gaimon. * Balder: From “American Gods” by Neil Gaimon. * Harpo: From “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. * Bancini: From “One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest” by Ken Kesey * Geever: From “One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest” by Ken Kesey. If you would use the names, would you use them as first names, middle names, or either? What would you maybe pair the names up with? Does the book/author make you more or less likely to consider the name? I was just shocked when I stumbled across this article on "literary" names, and these are what they had listed!! Not that all are bad... but there are some that are horrendous!

My favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut Chuck Palahniuk and Albert Camus. I also like Franz Kafka

I am looking for books that are similar to these.Twilight mentions get an automatic thumbs down. Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Steven Hall - The Raw Shark Texts Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Chuck Palahniuk - Choke Christopher Moore - Lamb The Gospel According to Biff Douglas Coupland - The Gum Thief Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Carlton Mellick III - Razor Wire Pubic Hair Gina Ranalli - Suicide Girls in the Afterlife

I have to write a literary analysis paper for english.. and idk how to write a good thesis statement.. this assignment is on three short stories - the cask of amontillado by edger allan poe - 2BRO2B by kurt vonnegut and - Wine on the desert by max band i cant think of a good thesis statement but i was trying to do something about how in each sotry the maine charater killed someone or themselves. in Edgars he kills fortunado, in Kurts the guy kills himself and two others, and in Max's he ends up killing himself because he was selfish and mean to a dear friend.. can someone help me make this better..... this is what i have: Each story had its own way of showing that the main character hids something. i know that this sucks but can someone help me please!?!? much apreciated!

I have become deathly afraid of posting any Q's on Y!A for fear of having my Qs deleted or receiving violations for chatting. I've followed the advice of many more experienced contributors by placing "Poll" or "Survey" infront of said questions but I'm still receiving notifications from the Y!A team my questions have been deleted or have received violations on the grounds they are considered "chatting" (as this one will no doubt be branded). I keep seeing so many other Qs get posted which are not only glaringly in violation of chatting but even containing obvious sexual connotations yet they seem to fly below the radar. Like ... what exactly do I have to do to by-pass the protalitarain police & achieve the status whereby I can ask a purely innocent, LEGIT question & not get dinged for it? This is becoming so stupid. Don't tell me it's trolls reporting or any of those other lame excuses. This is an internal problem. Okay. Kurt Vonnegut's "1984" never came to full fruition but certain aspects of it sure have. I'm leaving this under the Y!A suggestion of Social Science & Psychologoy. They do, after all know best. Yawn. LEAVE ME ALONE. I ran out of Prozac a month ago. Oh, Pocky ... you do give such good advice. Tell me, do you ever follow it?

I am looking for books that are similar to these.Twilight mentions get an automatic thumbs down. Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Steven Hall - The Raw Shark Texts Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Chuck Palahniuk - Choke Christopher Moore - Lamb The Gospel According to Biff Douglas Coupland - The Gum Thief Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Carlton Mellick III - Razor Wire Pubic Hair Gina Ranalli - Suicide Girls in the Afterlife

Do you think Vonnegut's unique style adds to, or detracts from, the meanings and themes of his books? And the stories themselves? Also, what was your favorite Vonnegut book?

Mine is "Slaughterhouse Five," although "Jailbird" holds a close second.

I am a 20 year old guy looking for a few good books. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. I enjoy this such as Kurt Vonnegut, Orson Scott Card, JRR Tolkien, and other science fiction and fantasy books. I do enjoy most types of books that involve good character development and deception such as fight club and other types of twists such as that.

I'm in the process of creating an instant library for a teenager not necessarily used to reading but a strong reader. I could create a list of 100 best books without any trouble but I want input on what YOUR favorite book was. A 100 books is impractical, i'm aiming for ten excellent works. Does not have to be current fiction. So far I'm thinking Twilight('cause I have to), poetry by kipling, and breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut. Shakespeare was rejected on the grounds that it is better to see Shakespeare performed then to read it. Under consideration is a winters tale by mike helprin, our bodies ourselves(well why not?), the liars club by mary carr and beowulf (NOT the movie.) Lay what you got on me. I need your suggestions.

I want to read atleast 3 to 5 books a month next year, what are some similar books to these that I should add to the list? Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Steven Hall - The Raw Shark Texts Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Chuck Palahniuk - Choke Christopher Moore - Lamb The Gospel According to Biff Douglas Coupland - The Gum Thief Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Carlton Mellick III - Razor Wire Pubic Hair Gina Ranalli - Suicide Girls in the Afterlife

Below are various books,genres and authors I like. I am looking for similar stuff.I have a dark humor, very sarcastic and cynical.However I do not care for romance, or stuff like Harry Potter/Lord of the Ring/Twilight.Also I am a 23 year old Male, so at least near age/gender appropriate would be nice.If you could put it in a form like SINCE YOU LIKE THIS YOU WILL LIKE THIS, that will also be helpful. Genres: -Absurdist Fiction -Hysterical realism/Maximalism -Post Modernism -Experimental Fiction -Bizzaro Fiction -Black Humor/Dark Comedy Books/Authors ------------------------ Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Christopher Moore - Lamb a Novel The Gospel According to Biff, Christs Childhood Pal Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Chuck Palahniuk - Choke

"they don’t hate us for our purported liberty and justice for all. They hate us now for our arrogance." - kurt vonnegut oh and thats referring to america or americans in general cool cool guys. im giving TU to everyone, theres no right answer i just wanna see what you all think, i already know my opinion

What do you think the death of the ballerina and Harrison Bergeron signify? Freedom from all the suffering? And what do you think are the role and influence of mass media in our society? ( based on the story) I had a discussion with my friends on these topics, so really need your opinion and answers.

I need a good opening thesis for my essay. i am writing about how two of kurt vonnegut's works "cat's cradle" and "slaughthouse-five" show if his black comedy/satirical work are appreciated by modern critics and ideals, and if they could be classified as *canonical*

This is a quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and I think generally speaking it is true.

"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -Kurt Vonnegut

I need help ASAP!

I have found I love anything the man wrote.

I'm not really sure how Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five is a satire. What are some examples from the book that show it has satire. I know it used black humor, but I'm having problems finding the satire part. Thank you so much :)

I have a ton of books and I would like to further my collection. I would like to see what type of book lists you guys can come up with and I will pick the one I like best. My favorite authors include, Hunter S Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad, Cormac McCarthy, and other similar authors. Let me see what you got!

when i was 13 my dad gave me slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut and told me to read it. reading it was like lighting sparklers inside my skull. i could never have invented a book like it or a writer like him in my little mind. i had never stretched my mind along the lines of thought which were presented to me in that book. i had never known those lines of thought could exist. i truly believe that i would be a different person if i hadn't read that book at that time in my life. is there a formative book for you? (and it doesn't have to be a book from your childhood) let me rephrase...out of all the book that you have read which one do you think fundamentally changed you as a person to the point where you believe that you would be a different person if you hadn't read it. i am self-aware enough to recognize the effect slaughterhouse had on me. what is your book?

The novel that I'm trying to find is "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. I used to have it, but had to give it back to library and now I have to write a research project and the library ran out of stock. So if someone could lend me a site it would be awesome and spare my grade from dropping. Thanks in advance :D

Here are the titles: By John Steinbeck- The Red Pony The Grapes of Wrath East of Eden Travels With Charlie Herman Hesse- Peter Camezind Narcissus and Goldmund Kurt Vonnegut- Deadeye Dick ---------------- Which one should I read? I just finished reading Across The River and Into The Trees (Hemingway) and was dissapointed. I need a good book to compensate for it. Which one?

i always wondered

I need to read more. Any suggestions??? I need some really engaging books to sink into. Fiction, non-fiction, its all good as long as its a book i can't put down. I am NOT interested in the twilight series. I'm sorry and cool if you like it but they seriously dont interest me at all. Actually, most fantasy and scifi dont, but if they're too good to pass up list them... Some of my recent favorites include.... All Kurt Vonnegut books All steinbeck's books The story of edgar sawtelle THe brief wondrous life of oscar wao Enders game The crucible The time travellers wife Thank you!!!!

To be fair, I'm currently reading a little book by Kurt Vonnegut called, "Man Without A Country." Fantastic answers - evidence that reading ain't dead. I'm going to leave this to the masses to vote for "best answer" because there's no way for me to vote for everyone...but I would if I could. I hereby nullify and void any thumbsdown. Reading, no matter what, is always a thumbs-up endeavor. Well, ok, EXCEPT bathroom walls.

here they are: 1. timshel (means thou mayest in Steinbecks East of Eden) 2. i listen to the bray of my heart ( a play on Sylvia Plath's words in a Bell Jar) 3. all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream (Edgar Allan Poe's A Dream Within A Dream) 4. And So It Goes (from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five) 5. everything was beautiful and nothing hurt ( also from Slaughterhouse Five) 6. this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart ( e.e. cummings) 7. life is but a walking shadow (Shakespeares Macbeth)

I haven't been able to find out, and I'd like to visit it someday.

omg i really loved twilight. it was like so romantic that edward and bella were still together at the end of the book!!1one Juust kidding, anyways i'm in a sort of book slump at the moment. when i find an incredible author, i usually read all of his(or hers) books. i've read most books from these authors Herman Hesse Kurt Vonnegut George Orwell (...and chuck pahulnik(sp?)...kinda embarrassed about that) i also read a lot of various books like: The alchemist, Confessions of an economic hit man, Belgariad series, etc. All help is extremely appreciated. Thank you for your time. (side note, i'm a comp sci major, dont mind the grammer/punctuation) What would i enjoy? who would i enjoy? thanks for your time

I've read a few books recently: Mother Night- Kurt Vonnegut (Loved it!) Slapstick- Kurt Vonnegut (Ehhhh, so so) Faust, Part.1- Goethe (It was good but not what I expected. Way overhyped.) I've pretty much read all of Kurt Vonnegut so don't suggest him either, but any suggestions? My favourite novelists (and their works) are: Ernest Hemingway (His short stories, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea) Kafka (Short stories and The Trial) Kurt Vonnegut (Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse-Five, Bluebeard, Hocus Pocus, Mother Night) John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men, The Moon is Down, Tortilla Flat, The Pearl, Cannery Row) Elie Wiesel (Night, Dawn, and Day) Shakespeare (Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Caesar) also...:P Hermann Hesse- (Steppenwolf, Siddhartha) I have read Edgar Allan Poe's works. I have read a whole short story collection by him. It's very good. Whoops. I forgot Orwell. I've already read 1984 and Animal Farm and they're in my favourites. :X Night was based on Wiesel's experiences in Buchenwald. Dawn and Day were fiction. Already read Giver, Lord of the Flies, read some but not a fan of Harry Potter. NOT reading Twilight.

Can someone explain the book to me? It confuses me and YES, I DID READ SPARKNOTES. It didn't help me "connect" the story at all. And one more question, how does the underground slaughterhouse "meat locker" and the Americans' survival of the bombing act as symbolism of a tomb/womb? Is it because it acts as a "shelter" ? I'm not very philosophical, sorry.

James Agee- A Death in the Family Sherman Alexie – Flight, Indian Killer James Baldwin-Go Tell it on the Mountain; Another Country, Giovanni’s Room John Barth- The Floating Opera, End of the Road, Giles Goat Boy, Sabbatical Saul Bellow- The Dangling, Humbolt’s Gift, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Herzog Octavia Butler – Kindred, Fledgling Willa Cather- O Pioneers!, Death Comes for the Archbishop, My Antonia Kate Chopin- At Fault, The Awakening John Cheever- The Wapshot Chronicle, The Wapshot Scandal Sandra Cisneros – Caramelo Stephen Crane- The Red Badge of Courage Don Delillo – Underworld, White Noise Ralph Ellison- Invisible Man Dave Eggers- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Louise Erdrich – The Painted Drum, Love Medicine, The Beet Queen William Faulkner- The Unvanquished, Intruder in the Dust, Light in August, As I Lay Dying F. Scott Fitzgerald- Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon, This Side of Paradise John Gardner- Grendel, October Light Nathaniel Hawthorne- Blithedale Romance, Marble Faun, House of Seven Gables Joseph Heller- Catch-22, Closing Time Hemingway- A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom The Bell Tolls, To Have and Have Not William Dean Howells- The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Hazard of New Fortunes Zora Neale Hurston- Their Eyes Were Watching God John Irving- The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Omen Meany Henry James- Portrait of a Lady, The Americans, The Bostonians Ken Kesey- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Sue Monk Kidd- The Secret Life of Bees Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer Jerzy Kosinski- The Painted Bird, Being There, Cockpit Nella Larsen – Passing, Quicksand Sinclair Lewis- Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Main Street London- Martin Eden, The Call of the Wild, The Iron Heel Norman Mailer- The Naked and the Dead, The Deer Park, Harlot’s Ghost Bernard Malamud- The Assistant, The Natural, The Fixer Cormac McCarthy – The Road, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men Carson McCullers- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, Ballad of The Sad Café Herman Melville- Moby Dick Margaret Mitchell- Gone with the Wind M. Scott Momaday- House Made of Dawn, The Way to Rainy Mountain Toni Morrison- Song of Solomon, Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Sula Vladimir Nabokov- Pale Fire Gloria Naylor- The Women of Brewster Place Frank Norris- McTeague, The Octopus Flannery O’Connor – The Violent Bear It Away, Wise Blood Carolyn Parkhurst- The Dogs of Babel Robert Pirsig- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila Sylvia Plath- The Bell Jar Katharine Anne Porter- Ship of Fools Thomas Pynchon – V., Gravity’s Rainbow Ayn Rand- Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living Frederick Reiken- The Odd Sea, The Lost Legends of New Jersey Marilynne Robinson - Housekeeping Philip Roth- The Plot Against America, Exit Ghost, American Pastoral J. D. Salinger- Franny and Zooey, Raise High the Roof Beams, The Catcher in the Rye Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones Upton Sinclair- The Jungle Jane Smiley- A Thousand Acres, Moo John Steinbeck- East of Eden, Winter of Our Discontent, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row Amy Tan- The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Bonesetter’s Daughter Mark Twain- Innocents Abroad, Mysterious Stranger, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court John Updike- Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, The Centaur, The Coup Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night Alice Walker- The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy Robert Penn Warren- All the Kings Men, A Place to Come to Dorothy West – The Living is Easy Nathaniel West- Miss Lonely Hearts, Day of the Locusts Edith Wharton- Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence, Custom of the Country Thomas Wolfe- Look Homeward, Angel, You Can’t Go Home Again Richard Wright- Native Son, Black Boy I need to choose one to read for american lit. let me know if you've read any that were good

Below are various books,genres and authors I like. I am looking for similar stuff.I have a dark humor, very sarcastic and cynical.However I do not care for romance, or stuff like Harry Potter/Lord of the Ring/Twilight.Also I am a 23 year old Male, so at least near age/gender appropriate would be nice.If you could put it in a form like SINCE YOU LIKE THIS YOU WILL LIKE THIS, that will also be helpful. Genres: -Absurdist Fiction -Hysterical realism/Maximalism -Post Modernism -Experimental Fiction -Bizzaro Fiction -Black Humor/Dark Comedy Books/Authors ------------------------ Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Christopher Moore - Lamb a Novel The Gospel According to Biff, Christs Childhood Pal Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Chuck Palahniuk - Choke

The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. The Literary Devices I can use are: theme, symbolism, imagery, characterization, setting, suspense, point of view, conflict, and irony.

I'm trying to tie the theme in with other short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. but I'm having trouble with the themes in this one that would relate to his other stories, like Harrison Bergeron.

I just don't get how this novel is a satire. Who is it attacking? The reader? And how is it funny?

i'm pretty sure in timequake he mentions drinking a whisky and tonic before bed, but im not sure. i get the impression he's a whisky man, but i was just wondering if any vonnegut connoisseur happened to know this bit of trivia. wish i could get the 10 points myself... "I lectured in 1990 at a university in southern Ohio. They put me up in a motel nearby. When I returned to the motel after my speech, and was having my customary scotch and soda so i would sleep like a baby, which is the way I like to sleep, the bar was congenially populated by obviously local old people who seemed to really like each other." Timequake, chapter 39, second page

Below are various books,genres and authors I like. I am looking for similar stuff.I have a dark humor, very sarcastic and cynical.However I do not care for romance, or stuff like Harry Potter/Lord of the Ring/Twilight.Also I am a 23 year old Male, so at least near age/gender appropriate would be nice.If you could put it in a form like SINCE YOU LIKE THIS YOU WILL LIKE THIS, that will also be helpful. Genres: -Absurdist Fiction -Hysterical realism/Maximalism -Post Modernism -Experimental Fiction -Bizzaro Fiction -Black Humor/Dark Comedy Books/Authors ------------------------ Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job Christopher Moore - Lamb a Novel The Gospel According to Biff, Christs Childhood Pal Nicholson Baker - The Mezzanine Mark Dunn - Ella Minnow Pea Chuck Palahniuk - Choke

I'm looking for a story I read by Kurt Vonnegut about 40 years ago. It's about a very pretty young girl who goes into a coffee shop and is hassled by the men there. It is written from the point of view that the girl can't help it if she's beautiful and through no fault of her own she's being abused. It was a great story. Does anyone know the name of the story or what book it is in? Thanx fellas, you're both right So I'm not going to choose a best answer, but I appreciate the help. I'm going to read it asap

Kurt vonnegut Trevanian Hunter S. Thomson Carl Hiasen John D. MacDonald I like them, Do you know any other authors I might like?