... doesn't necessarily use specific events, but instead uses the emotions he feels during these times in his life. The incidences in Kurt Vonnegut's life, in which he has been stripped 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 ... life without a family. He felt the need to search other areas for a new family (Klinkowitz 33). Kilgore Trout, a character from Breakfast of Champions an...

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