Writing Assignment #8: Anna

If you could ask Kurt Vonnegut one question, what would it be and why?

If I could ask Vonnegut one question, I would ask him why. It may seems broad and simple, but that's really all I want to know. I want to know why he chose to even write another war book (because there isn't already a million of those on the shelves), why he chose to have Billy Pilgrim be a time traveller, and why even include Tralfamadorians, considering they have practically NOTHING to do with anything!

In my opinion, most of this book is like a dream journal of Vonnegut's all written out and published. It's like he would wake up after each dream, write it down, then continue onto the next dream. Then eventually, when he had enough material, he somehow found a somewhat stable plot line, and an interesting concept, more or less.

It was a different time when Vonnegut had SH5 published, but if SH5 had come out in a time like today, I'm not actually sure how it would be received. It could be wildly popular, since there always seems to be an audience for any kind of writing, or if it would be shutdown because some might view it as simply imcomprehensible.