Monday, January 11, 2010

Reflection: Tim

This book was a very good book in my opinion. It never lost your attention. This book definitely shows an interesting view on humanity. I believe that this book is saying that we are dangerous to our own self. The way that Kurt Vonnegut expresses this point is very interesting.

I believe that the author chose to have the maker of the atomic bomb as the focus of the story because they are a very dangerous thing. He chose to have the person who made the bomb make an even bigger danger called ice-nine. I believe that this represents the fine line between our existence and non-existence. The author makes it clear through this, I believe, that we have the ability to make great scientific discoveries but they can be extremely harmful to us at the same time.

Kurt Vonnegut expresses this point brilliantly. He makes the story very interesting the whole time and makes you really want to keep reading. This is definitely a book that I would recommend.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you and Thomas saw the same theme in this story.

    How exactly does Vonnegut express this point through Ice-Nine?
    What else was interesting about the story?

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