Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Vonnegut’s implementation of simple and blunt dialogue aids in revealing his societal statements to the reader. The author also employs clever word choice throughout Breakfast of Champions to point out the flaws of our modern society.

The narrator shapes the plot of the novel himself, creating a clear parallel to Kurt Vonnegut. The perspective forces the reader to examine Vonnegut’s statements. The previous passage displays the narrator’s fascinating perspective equivalent to that of a god. “I was on par with the Creator of the Universe there in the dark in the cocktail lounge” (205).

Utilizing a third-person narrative, Vonnegut provides an all-knowing perspective on our culture. First, Vonnegut applies the point of view of the novel in order to further the themes concerning societal flaws. Vonnegut implements a variety of methods to develop his argument. Overall, the author’s creative application of point of view, diction, and characters adequately portrays the societal flaws revealed within the novel. Vonnegut explores the state of society through the events that lead up to the meeting of Hoover and Trout. Trout’s works highlight cultural arguments that parallel the novel itself. Trout is a writer, whose science fiction novels cause Hoover to go insane. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut centers on the intriguing characters Dwayne Hoover and Kilgore Trout.

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.