By the way, Kurt Vonnegut, whose biography is connected with this city, often mentions it in his stories. It is there where Vonnegut lived and most of the events of his novels develop. The biography of the writer began in those years when the world crisis occurred and the great depression began. Kurt was born in an intelligent family and was the son of an architect. But, due to the fact that there was a depression in the world, the elder Vonnegut could not boast of great earnings.
The writer's biography of younger Vonnegut began when he undertook to write articles. Kurt led a column in one of the local newspapers, trying himself as a writer. But, nevertheless, when it came time to choose the faculty at which to study, Kurt did not choose his choice either in journalism or in philology. He went to receive an education at the Chemical Department of Cornell University, in New York State. In this educational institution, Kurt spent three years: from 1940 to 1943. the guy could calmly finish his education, but he decided to cut it off when he learned of the fascist bombardment of Pearl Harbor. After this tragic incident, Kurt decided to enroll in the US Army and went to serve. He fought the year, and then, from the thirteenth to the fourteenth of February 1945, he was taken prisoner by a German prisoner. After that, Vonnegut was under arrest in Dresden, in prison. Soon, the jail bombed planes of the Soviet army and Kurt, along with six children who were also prisoners of war, miraculously survived, hiding in the basement. This entire story then formed the basis for an autobiographical novel called "Slaughterhouse Five, or the Crusade of Children." From the captivity Kurt was released in May 1945 and immediately returned to the United States of America.
After the war, Kurt decided to continue his studies. But, he no longer wanted to be a chemist, therefore, he chose the specialty "Anthropology" and entered the graduate school of the University of Chicago. While Kurt studied, he did not forget about his writing activities. More precisely, she helped earn him living, food and clothing. At that time, Kurt worked as a criminal reporter in a Chicago newspaper. In 1947, Vonnegut decides to defend the master's work on the topic "The unstable relationship between good and evil in simple tales", but, after the defense, the department considered that the work is of poor quality and does not deserve to award a master's degree to the writer. But, in a couple of decades, Vonnegut will still prove that he fully and completely deserves this title. It is this department that will give him a degree for the novel "A Cradle for a Cat", which in 1963 will shake the whole world.
But, before that time, there were still years and years. In the meantime, twenty-five-year-old Kurt went to look for work and began to make a career in "General Electric." Working there, Kurt finally realized that he wants and should engage in writing activities. Therefore, already in 1950, his first story was published in the magazine, entitled "Report on the effect of Barnhouse." And the next year, the novice writer decided to resign from the company, where he was simply uninteresting and moved to Massachusetts. The next eight years have become for Kurt time searching for themselves and ways to earn. He was engaged in a variety of work. For some time he taught at the school, and then he started working as a sales agent for selling cars. Over the years he wrote little and only in 1959 the world saw his novel "Sirens of Titan". It was this work that was the first step of Vonnegut to fame and success. After the publication of the novel, the young writer was finally noticed and his career began to develop rapidly.
After that, he wrote a lot. His novels were amazed by his ambiguity, profound philosophy and metaphorism. Of course, we need to remember separately about the novel "Cradle for a cat". It can be attributed to the genre of dystopia. But, in this work it is not only about an ideal world, which, in fact, is far from ideal. Also, the book created a virtually new philosophy, introduced new concepts and talked about the meaning of life in a completely new way. "Cradle for a cat" is a story about good and evil, about their relativity. And also that human inventions can do harm, although initially they were planned as things that should carry good and help us. There are several stories in the novel and several fates, but they are woven into one, because it should be so. Why should? This explains the philosophy and teachings of Bokonon - the wise man, who, after all, explains to the protagonist the whole meaning of being and what is happening to them. Paul is true, "Cradle for a cat" - this is a real masterpiece of American literature, which makes you look at the world very differently.
Of course, Vonnegut had many beautiful novels. Among them you can distinguish "Shaking Star", a book that Vonnegut finished the year before his death, and, also, "Breakfast for Champions, or Farewell, Black Monday", "Small Not Missing", "Galapagos", "Focus-Puff". But, in fact, all the samples of Vonnegut's work are worthy of people reading them and admiring the writer's ability to communicate his philosophy, views on the world and life, and also to talk about the events that he experienced.
Kurt Vonnegut was really a genius man and lived a long and interesting life. He died on April 11, 2007, at the age of eighty-five. The life of the writer was interrupted due to an accident. He slipped and fell on the path beside his house. The fall led to a traumatic brain injury, after which Kurt could not recover. The writer was buried with all the honors, and 2007 in his hometown was named the year of Vonnegut.