Monday, May 3, 2010

Optional Assignment

* As an optional assignment, you can post a quick explanation of why Kurt Vonnegut is often compared to Mark Twain and include 3 non-wikipedia based sources, as well as a minimum of 3 things that interest you about KV and/or his writing. Do all of this by 3:30 on Monday and you get up to a 10/10 added to your grade.

-because they both used humor to answer a well-known question known to everyone, about why we are here and is there a god, and if so why is their suffering in the world.
-because they both shared a profound pessimism
-both had a folksy charm personality
-he resembled Mark Twain in just about everything, especially looks.

NY Times
The Quarterly Converstation
EW

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