... of important relationships, experienced schizophrenic illusions of grandeur brought on by loneliness, and sought artificial relationships to fill the void, surface in recurring themes: forced isolation of characters, allusions to schizophrenic tendencies, and one's yearning for relationships, real or otherwise. At the age of fourteen, ... 33). Kilgore Trout, a character from Breakfast of Champions and many other works by Vonnegut, seems much like Vonnegut in this regard. He is a science fiction writer who essentially has no one. He has no family and is totally alone in the world. Trout is...

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