[I put this as a writing activity because I don't wanna judge/make a contest]
I love Slaughterhouse-Five, even the autobiography poem Mr. Vonnegut wrote as an intro. What you guys have to do is write an autobiography with the same structure as his poem. Basically, plagiarism
Here's what the poem looked like:
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A FOURTH-GENERATION GERMAN-AMERICAN
NOW LIVING IN EASY CIRCUMSTANCES
ON CAPE COD
[AND SMOKING TOO MUCH],
WHO, AS AN AMERICAN INFANTRY SCOUT
HORS DE COMBAT,
AS A PRISONER OF WAR,
WITNESSED THE FIRE-BOMBING
OF DRESDEN, GERMANY,
"THE FLORENCE OF THE ELBE,"
A LONG TIME AGO,
AND SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
THIS IS A NOVEL
SOMEWHAT IN TELEGRAPHIC SCHIZOPHRENIC
MANNER OF TALES
OF THE PLANET TRALFAMADORE,
WHERE THE FLYING SAUCERS
COME FROM
PEACE.
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And as a good sport I'll start first:
A SECOND-GENERATION ASIAN AMERICAN
NOW LIVING IN EASY CIRUMSTANCES
ON TRALFAMADORE
[AND THINKING TOO MUCH],
WHO, AS AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT
NOLI ME TANGERE,
AS A PRISONER OF THE FUTURE
WITNESSED THE CAPITALISM
OF THE STAR-SPANGLED NATION,
"AMERICA THE GREAT,"
A SHORT WHILE SINCE YESTERDAY,
AND SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY
SOMEWHAT IN THE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
MANNER OF POEMS
OF THE PLANET EARTH
WHERE CIVIL LAWSUITS
COME FROM
NOWHERE.
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