Chapter 8: Response/Thoughts

This chapter's main topic was getting to know Kilgore Trout. He turned out to be a crude and selfish man. When Vonnegut first began describing Trout, my first thoughts compared him to Ebenezer Scrooge. Both are nasty men, as far as personalities. Although Trout is an entertaining man, he is rude to children and uses his wit to fool people. In the beginning, Kilgore seems like a surly man because he is not as successful as he wants. His personality compares to Scrooge's in that both men are not happy unless they are happy.