Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt VonnegutBREAKFAST OF CHAMPONS- KURT VONNEGUT In Brandon Boyd’s “Make Yourself” he states that “ if [he] hadn’t assembled [himself] that [he] would’ve fallen apart,” implying that if one does not take the time to understand and build his or her own values and morals that one will live in confusion and falter. Throughout Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions, Kilgore Trout goes through the process of realizing who he is and then learns to remain true to himself. At first Trout is a pessimist who strives to be heard. Trout then begins to question human ways and while doing so finds a few answers about not only them but him as well. In the beginning Trout comes off as a pessimistic unknown writer. One of his most popular works, Plague on Wheels was sold for twelve dollars for the pictures alone. Later people would pay only a dollar for it, but this time “for the words”. Trout is in awe about the way that people work. In Plague on Wheel he expresses the ideas and ways of humans and then refers to them as “ cuckoo”. He cannot understand why people do such ridiculous things such as, “[agree] with friends to express friendliness” and everyone else follows. He sees that people feel the need to conform for acceptance and this annoys him. In his story he also cites the time of which “Earthlings discovered tools”, referring to guns. Trout points out that the “tools” only purpose is “to make holes in human beings”, this seeming extremely ridiculous to him. Realizing all of this bothers Trout immensely and puts him in a bitter state. Kilgore Trout proceeds in watching the actions of humans. He realizes that he is no longer innocent, “ his head is no longer just sheltered ideas.” Trout sees things for what they are and knows that he has deal with that. He must learn to form his own opinions and ideas....
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