Monday, January 31, 2011

Mayonaise

My favorite chapter in this book has to be the one with the title stated above. I've only read one other Kurt Vonnegut novel (Slaughterhouse Five) and am really intrigued by the complete randomness that he incorporates into his books, whether it be the afore mentioned chapter title named in honor of one of America's favorite condiments, the creation of a fictitious religion in "Cat's Cradle", or the alien abduction and subsequent human-testing on the main character Billy Pilgrim in "Slaughterhouse Five". I have to wonder what was going on in Vonnegut's head when he sat down and mapped out his novels, but at the same time give the man all the credit in the world for being a literary genius. If any of us were to remotely attempt to try and pull the things he did, we would just look beyond stupid. But somehow, for Vonnegut, it just works.

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