Vonnegut as a "Bug in Amber"
Connection of Fiction and Autobiography in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Abbreviations used:
BLU Bluebeard
BOC Breakfast of Champions
CAT Cat's Cradle
DED Deadeye Dick
GAL Galápagos
HOC Hocus Pocus
JAI Jailbird
PLP Player Piano
PSU Palm Sunday
ROS God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
SH5 Slaughterhouse-Five
SLP Slapstick
TIT Sirens of Titan
TQK Timequake
WTM Welcome to the Monkey House
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: Humanity
Characteristics of Humanity
Playthings, puppets
Human life and its value
Bugs in Amber
CHAPTER II: Divinity
Characteristics of Divinity
Other Divinity characters
The Divine Father
Religion
CHAPTER III: Hero vs Villain
Hero vs. Villain
Unsuccessful Ways Out
Successful Ways Out
Humanity vs. Divinity
On meaning and purpose of life
CHAPTER IV: Vonnegut as the Hero
Fiction and Autobiography merged
Vonnegut´s amber
Vonnegut´s ways out
CONCLUSION
List of Abbreviations Used
Bibliography
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