At first this sounded like a wonderful idea, but it would soon become a nightmare. ... At the end of the book the Ice Nine had taken over the earth's water. ... I think if you look deeper you can see the real theme of the book. These are my views on the book and what the main theme is. ... These are my views on the book so if you want to learn more you will have to go out and read the book for your self. ...
Also, Vonnegut is wrong about the climax of his own book. ... " (5) In reality the climax is while he is explaining the bombing of Dresden and that it sounded like giants and their pounding footsteps. Pacing of the book is also quite different from most books. ... Although the book is mainly written in third person, various parts in the book are told in first person view. ... Vonnegut is trying to remind readers that this actually did happen to a real living and breathing person, even if it sounds incredibly ridiculous. ...
Furthermore, through Captain Beatty, Bradbury uses a simile to enforce the idea of the danger of knowledge: ""A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. ... George, an intelligent man in the society, is forced to wear a sound device in his ear that goes off every time he thinks too much. Vonnegut uses a simile to describe how George explains the noise he hears: ""Sounded like somebody hitting a milk bottle with a ball-peen hammer"" (126). ...
