Connections - Chapter One: Kurt Vonnegut is Human

Kurt Vonnegut makes himself so easy to relate to; it is as if he is trying to become friends with his readers. In his writing, he speaks about his "disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone" and how he has become "an old fart with his memories and his Pall Malls, with his sons full grown." In this chapter, Vonnegut avoids all formalities and writes as if he's speaking to a friend. Vonnegut is very appealing to the reader; he wants to tell a story, not write a book. I think Kurt Vonnegut might become one of my favorite authors, and I've only read the first chapter!