... experiment in "Gonzo Journalism". Gonzo is a kind of "grass-roots" journalism, unedited and written as though the journalist themselves is a key character in the events unfolding. A better explanation would be to say Gonzo is written in the style of Rock n" Roll, punctuated by literary riffs. Indeed, Kurt Vonnegut himself once said of Thompson's work; "It is the literary form of Cubism: all ... : "Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as paper facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in...

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... 's Workshop, Vonnegut lands a three-book contract, of which Slaughterhouse-Five is the first. It is so short and jumbled, he explains, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. On the way to Dresden, Vonnegut spends a night in a Boston hotel, where his perception of passing time becomes distorted, ... The following month, Billy writes a letter to his local paper about the aliens. The day the letter is published, Billy is hard at work on his second letter to the Ilium newspaper about the lessons he learned when he was taken to the planet Tralfamadore. He is glowing wit...

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• Grade Level: High School