Thursday, April 10, 2014

POV

There is an awesome book by Kurt Vonnegut called Slaughterhouse-Five. I know I have mentioned this book before, but I mention it again not just because it's one of the best books ever written, but also because I recently read it. The First chapter is a bit about the author's life and how he came to write the book. However, it is most certainly not the introduction. He purposely put it as the first chapter because it is part of the book. And then throughout the novel he places himself in it as a character. He references chapter one often while he himself is interacting with the main character. It is a pretty sweet to do this. It's a story about Vonnegut writing a story about a character he created who he talks to. It's a pretty funky point of view. This belongs in the "other" category. Apparently this is "post-modernism" which is a hard thing to define. So anyway, READ IT!!!!!

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