Mother Night Research Paper Over the years, such world-renowned authors as Mark Twain and J. D. Salinger have shown readers how literature reflects the era in which it is written. Another author who has also made significant contributions to American literature is Kurt Vonnegut, author of such well-known novels as Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat’s Cradle. Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana ("Kurt Vonnegut, Jr."). Vonnegut attended Cornell University in 1940 where he wrote for …showed first 75 words of 2060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2060 total…an observation and a warning about the surrounding society. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Works Cited: Campbell, Colin. "Chronology" Sep. 1997 Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1975. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Grolier Electronic Publishing, 1996. "Vonnegut in World War II" Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Mother Night. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1961.