The Sirens of Titan

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Chapter 1: Between Timid and Timbuktu Chapter 2: Cheers in the Wirehouse Chapter 3: United Hotcake Preferred Chapter 4: Tent Rentals Chapter 5: Letter From an Unknown Hero Chapter 6: A Deserter in Time of War Chapter 7: Victory Chapter 8: In a Hollywood Night Club Chapter 9: A Puzzle Solved Chapter 10: An Age of Miracles Chapter 11: We Hate Malachi Constant Because… Chapter 12: The Gentleman From Tralfamadore Epilogue: Reunion with Stony

Themes

All Themes Free Will vs. External Control Religion and the Search for Meaning Wealth, Power, and Inequality Human Intelligence, Foolishness, and Hubris

Characters

All Characters Malachi Constant / Unk / the Space Wanderer Winston Niles Rumfoord Mrs. Beatrice Rumfoord/Bee Chrono Salo Boaz Stony Stevenson Noel Constant

Symbols

All Symbols Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum Antennae

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Anthropomorphism Dialect Dramatic Irony Foil Genre Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Soliloquy Style Tone Verbal Irony

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The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1: Between Timid and Timbuktu
Chapter 2: Cheers in the Wirehouse
Chapter 3: United Hotcake Preferred
Chapter 4: Tent Rentals
Chapter 5: Letter From an Unknown Hero
Chapter 6: A Deserter in Time of War
Chapter 7: Victory
Chapter 8: In a Hollywood Night Club
Chapter 9: A Puzzle Solved
Chapter 10: An Age of Miracles
Chapter 11: We Hate Malachi Constant Because…
Chapter 12: The Gentleman From Tralfamadore
Epilogue: Reunion with Stony

All Themes
Free Will vs. External Control
Religion and the Search for Meaning
Wealth, Power, and Inequality
Human Intelligence, Foolishness, and Hubris

All Characters
Malachi Constant / Unk / the Space Wanderer
Winston Niles Rumfoord
Mrs. Beatrice Rumfoord/Bee
Chrono
Salo
Boaz
Stony Stevenson
Noel Constant

All Symbols
Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum
Antennae

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Anthropomorphism
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Soliloquy
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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