Fortitude Kurt Vonnegut Pdf -

The draft was 47 pages. Single-spaced. The paper was cheap, wartime stock, brittle as dead leaves.

The draft breaks off mid-scene. Paul is standing in front of a firing squad — not literally, but metaphorically. He has been called to testify before a congressional committee about “un-American activities” at the plant. The last line: “So he decided to tell the truth. And for the first time in his life, he was terrified.” fortitude kurt vonnegut pdf

Then Eddie is fired. That night, Eddie hangs himself in his garage. Paul finds the body. Vonnegut’s prose goes cold: “Eddie had shown fortitude after all — the fortitude to finish what the world had started.” The draft was 47 pages