![]() ![]() It is important to realize the influence of Darwin’s theory of natural selection at this time in history and its application to social Darwinism. The gist of the story is encapsulated in the clever presentation of the moral of the story in the Introduction, before the story is told: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be” (v).īut what made the Nazi propaganda so believable despite it seeming so ridiculous to Campbell himself? The artist in me got turned into ugliness such as the world has rarely seen before” (206). In the end, he is used by the Germans, Americans, Russians, and even the Israelis, as Campbell bemoans, “The part of me that wanted to tell the truth got turned into an expert liar!. However, believe them they do (in Germany, and then afterward in America). Persons I never saw gave me my instructions, told me in which sentences of a broadcast the mannerisms were to appear” (29), the broadcasts being fascist propaganda that he authors, but finds too absurd for people to believe. He broadcasts information via “mannerisms, pauses, emphases, coughs, seeming stumbles in certain key sentences. ![]() as a double agent to work his way into the Nazi establishment in Germany where he initially is a playwright only to become the chief propagandist of the Nazi machine. Mother Night presents the story of Howard W. I did find the work thoroughly enjoyable and thought it a uniquely sophisticated way for Vonnegut to display his characteristic satire. I have been an enthusiastic fan of Vonnegut since my younger days, but I admit that of the six texts being considered in the academia of Salo University, I had never read Mother Night, very likely for the reason that it is not science fiction and hence did not attract the attention of a science nerd like myself. Kurt Vonnegut’s first two books, Player Piano and Sirens of Titan, can arguably be categorized as science fiction, but Mother Night is a distinct departure from that genre. By Dan Pyle in Physics on JRick Van Kooten ![]()
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