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 Gal�pagos
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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