Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut? - Mia Nacamulli

AH, Vonnegut: I was introduced to him in high school where budding intellectuals pointlessly and quite futily attempted to dissect his work ("Slaughterhouse Five"). Vonnegut needs to be read, several times, tobe appreciated. Peace.

Come, delve into the world of Kurt Vonnegut,
Mia Nacamulli extols, with reasons to strut,
In Vonnegut's tales, a blend of wit and woe,
Why should you read him? Let the reasons grow.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" to "Cat's Cradle" so bright,
In Vonnegut's world, humor takes flight,
A mix of sci-fi, satire, and more,
A journey through tales you can't ignore.

His anti-war stance in "Slaughterhouse-Five,"
Time's jumble and life's tragic dive,
A reflection of war's stark, brutal scream,
In Vonnegut's words, reality's seam.

"Cat's Cradle," a tale of ice-nine's twist,
A cautionary tale in a world amiss,
In its subtle humor, a biting critique,
Of humanity's follies, its flaws so sleek.

His characters flawed, with hearts that ache,
In their absurdity, Vonnegut's cake,
From Kilgore Trout to Billy Pilgrim's plight,
In each character, a complex light.

A master of humor in a world so grim,
Vonnegut's tales, a laughter's hymn,
A blend of satire and philosophical strains,
In his narrative dance, wisdom sustains.

So, why read Vonnegut, Mia relays?
For his wit, his wisdom in dazzling arrays,
To laugh, to ponder, to question the norm,
In Vonnegut's world, a literary storm.

In Vonnegut's tales, a blend so rare,
A mirror to life, to its joys and despair,
Mia Nacamulli's ode, a reader's cue,
To explore Vonnegut's world, an enriching view.

So it goes.

I read Slaughter House Five when I was 14...the first real book I ever read. I went on the read all of Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke , Isaac Asimov & many others. Now when people ask me why I am so freaking smart & imaginative I simply say "Slaughter House Five"

Mr Nobody and Enter the Void are films that I think take this concept and do it even better. I love slaughterhouse 5 but I've came down on it in recent years unfortunately.

this actually helps me to understand japanese storytelling in e.g. "spirited away"

chihiros adventure does not follow the rules of western dramaturgy.

Greg

So Nolan really took heavy inspiration from him

I always mutter 'busy, busy, busy' whenever I encounter a coincidence, been doing it for more than 50 years.

I’ve known of Vonnegut for a long time but only recently started reading his novels, and it’s proven to be a new source of joy for me. ❤

The cat's cradle was an incredible touch

No, the most interesting is the "Jeremy Berimey".

He's the second greatest sci-fi fiction writer of all time after Isaac Asimov.

I give isaac the nod because he thought BIGGER!!!!!

Though, if we are just scoring for readability and prose, vonnegut is the greatest american writer. 😊

This is SUUUCH a good Vonnegut summary wow. Sending this to people from now on instead of trying to find the right words to explain how much I love him😂

I want to watch this but I feel like it will spoil the stories, I won’t want to read it if it told to me what happens 😅 (came here after reading cats cradle)

I loved the scene where Winston Niles Rumford said, "It's Harrison Bergering time!" and Harrison Bergeroned all over everyone.

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I refreshed a lot of brain cells watching this. Thanks for posting it - wow

I like how the art style is very similar to the style of art seen on the covers of his books. Nice job TED-ED

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdism is a simpler and more comfortable understanding of the world than is reality. But there is hope for us all.

I love Vonnegut! Have all of his books in my home library, have read them multiple times. My favorite is The Sirens of Titan, and, Galápagos.

Vonnegut's work is hilarious, deep, heartbreaking, hopeful, pragmatic, beautiful, poignant, deep, goofy, and poetic all in the same book. Kurt was a beautiful human being, and I'm thankful I was alive at the same time as him!

The Beat movement and the books that came from that time period completely changed my life... Highly Recommend "On The Road"

Galapagos is so far my favourite book of his

I wonder if Kurt Vonnegut had access to the akashic records

I read Cats Cradle in High School, I found it in a bookstore. It changed my young life.

Slaughterhouse five is one of my favorite books

I think the best reason to devour Vonnegut is you're pretty much a shallow, humorless illiterate if you don't.

HARRISON BERGERON GANG

Slapstick is an underrated Vonnegut book for anyone who is an enjoyer of his works.

interstella

Please do The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn next

I dunno man.

Happy 100th birthday Kurt Vonnegut!

Victory is just a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, let's hope they are as orgsnized as the mafia.

God created time so that all things won't happen all at once.

A ideologia de guerra sempre envolveu sacrifício de algumas etnias em detrimento de outras.
Castas. Eu não creio na animalização da alma humana. Não é passível de discussão econômica. Fim

Metáforas da nazificação. A animalização racial sempre foi um fator nazifascista. Qualificação de não-humanos sem alma ou com alma e mente inferiores.
Eu não acredito no igualitarismo de alma humana e animal.
Os sentidos são bem diferentes.

favorite words it happens

The Sirens of Titan is currently my favorite book of all time. I've also read and enjoyed Slaughterhouse Five. This guy was an incredible author.

He may be the reincarnation of Mark Twain.

“If that isn’t nice I don’t know what is” nice vonegut quote reference, one of my favorites.

His aliens are just like gods, Vonnegut offers intellectualised religion for atheists, well done preacher Vonnegut.

Vonneguts view on storytelling is actually one of the key differences, if not THE key difference, between genre fiction and literary fiction!

Literary fiction doesn't tell you whether something good or bad has happened. Stuff just happened, and the stuff that happens is all kinds of a mix of good and bad.

Genre fiction is plot driven, and works on a level where the audience NEEDS to know whether what has happened is good or bad.

I guess this is why Kurt Vonneguts stuff is considered literature, not science fiction. The literature label is still something other classic sci fi authors like the Big Three of Heinlan, Asimov, and Clarke haven't achieved (which George RR Martin has complained about), and is absolutely why stuff like Harry Potter, Stephen King, Star Wars, and Marvel movies are looked down upon by some/a lot of people.

And so it goes…

Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut

You shouldn't

This is a less interesting version of Vonnegut's lecture.