... up a well tranlated version of the book that included commentaries and references to the past. Thomas More made very good political points in the book. His views where considered very radical at the time that he had the book published so I give him kudos for that.The book was really good it made myself reflect on the goverment.I compared it with more with Brave new world than 1984 for many reasons. One reason is ... that the people in Utopia are very peaceful and they have no problems ... .Another reason is that people in Utopia are assinged jobs eventhought they could consider not to g...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... ironical (Vonnegut often uses very dark humor), funny, compassionate and extremely wise. They mostly have a very poor plot (or none at all) and the emphasis is put onto the rather comic and pathetic characters. Kurt Vonnegut also very often uses science fiction and comic book formulas (quick action, short dialogues etc.), which usually puts his books onto bookstore shelves marked "sci-fi". Vonnegut ... thrust of Cat's Cradle seems to be toward the idea of fate. As a writer, he has been in charge of determining the fates for literally thousands of characters, and seems to have the idea in...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School