Kurt Vonnegut

"Report on the Barnhouse Effect" by Kurt Vonnegut follows Professor Barnhouse, who discovers a mental ability to control physical objects, leading to global implications. Themes include the misuse of...

Key study points for "Unready to Wear" include the concept of being "amphibious," where people can exist as disembodied essences and occupy bodies at will, introduced by Dr. Konigswasser. Themes...

Irony is the most important literary technique in Vonnegut's story because it undermines the theme of inhumanity and absurdity of war, enhances meaning in "All the King's Horses," and draws the...

Kurt Vonnegut was primarily a writer of short stories when he began his career. Fiction was the genre in which he made the most money for the longest time, but he eventually turned to writing...

The birth of Heinz's child is so important to him because he has lost his entire family while growing up in a concentration camp. He and his wife also lost their first child. This new baby is a way...

Newt writes to Dear Abby expressing his dilemma about going AWOL to confess his love to Catharine, who is about to marry someone else. He is torn between risking his military career and potentially...