Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. ... He was never able to write the book. ... That night, he read a book by Erika Ostrovsky. ... Now, he presents us with his war book. ... This book, he says, is a failure. ...
He used his own military experience from World War II to write this particular book. ... Vonnegut's anti-war stance only adds to the difficulty, since (as a filmmaker acquaintance remarks to him) writing a book against war would prevent war as effectively as writing a book against glaciers would prevent their motion. ... With his right hand raised, Vonnegut vows not to glorify war and promises to call his book The Children's Crusade. ... While teaching at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Vonnegut lands a three-book contract, of which Slaughterhouse-Five is the first. ... Vonnegut...
Regarded by many as one of the greatest American writers of all time, Vonnegut has created a truly delightful yet deeply sinister book. ... Although a journalistic piece, Fear And Loathing was published in book form after appearing, in two instalments, in Rolling Stone in November of 1971. Although regarded by many as Thompson's opus, the author himself describes the book as a "failed experiment in "Gonzo Journalism". ... It is also similar to Breakfast of Champions tone and Closing Time's surrealism near the book's end, as Thompson's book is littered with fantastical s...
Furthermore, just as Euthyphro leaves the conversation unchanged without giving a sound argument, the people in general also ignore the flaws in the origin of their religious philosophies. ... As Daniel Kolak describes in his book Lovers of Wisdom, neither the masses or a high ranking individual can be absolutely sure of anything, "So in effect the point here is that even those recognized experts whose thoughts and actions are of the highest caliber cannot ultimately know with absolute certainty that they are right" (Kolak, 87). ...
