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Overcoming Chaos and Pursuing Shangri-Lain Kurt Vonnegut’s Novels
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This paper aims to examine the diverse kinds of chaos presented in Kurt Vonnegut’s novels and to show how the leading characters overcome it and reach their ideal worlds. Even though all the characters experience different types of chaos, they have in common their might to get over their difficult situations. Vonnegut describes the tragic life of human beings in Slaughterhouse-Five and Galapagos, chaos and crisis caused by scientific civilization in Deadeye Dick and Cat’s Cradle, and the erosion of values and absurdity in Breakfast of Champions and Timequake. After trial and error, the protagonists finally find their own way of overcoming their difficulties and reaching their Shangri-La: Billy’s trip to Tralfamadore in Slaughterhouse-Five, Rudy’s drama titled Katmandu in Deadeye Dick, and the science fiction of Trout who appears in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Breakfast of Champions, and Timequake. Consequently, these contrivances help the characters get over their difficult situations, establishing their objectives in life and their sense of values. They basically represent the eternal pursuit of Utopia by human beings.
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This paper aims to examine the diverse kinds of chaos presented in Kurt Vonnegut’s novels and to show how the leading characters overcome it and reach their ideal worlds. Even though all the characters experience different types of chaos, they have in common their might to get over their difficult situations. Vonnegut describes the tragic life of human beings in Slaughterhouse-Five and Galapagos, chaos and crisis caused by scientific civilization in Deadeye Dick and Cat’s Cradle, and the erosion of values and absurdity in Breakfast of Champions and Timequake. After trial and error, the protagonists finally find their own way of overcoming their difficulties and reaching their Shangri-La: Billy’s trip to Tralfamadore in Slaughterhouse-Five, Rudy’s drama titled Katmandu in Deadeye Dick, and the science fiction of Trout who appears in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Breakfast of Champions, and Timequake. Consequently, these contrivances help the characters get over their difficult situations, establishing their objectives in life and their sense of values. They basically represent the eternal pursuit of Utopia by human beings.
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