Kurt Vonnegut And Roald Dahl - 882 Words

Kurt Vonnegut and Roald Dahl are two very unique people. They are often described as quirky, weird, and downright zany. If they were stuck in a crowd, they would easily stand out. Although they are very different from others, they share many similarities with each other. Roald Dahl and Kurt Vonnegut are two divorced, agnostic authors who fought in and survived World War II. First of all, Vonnegut and Dahl both grew up in religious families. However, as most people do, they outgrew some of their families’ beliefs as they became older. One of the outgrown beliefs was their religion. Kurt Vonnegut’s family were Christians, and he grew up following the word of God. However, as he got older, he converted to agnosticism. In Vonnegut’s book, Palm Sunday, he states, â€Å"I would like to recapture what has been lost. Why? Because I, as a Christ-worshipping agnostic, have seen so much un-Christian impatience with the poor encouraged by the quotation ‘For the poor a lways ye have with you’’’ (qtd. in Beiler). He admits to being agnostic, but still says he loves Christ. In Roald Dahl’s case, he grew up catholic and even attended a catholic school (â€Å"Roald Dahl Biography†). Like Vonnegut, Dahl converted after realizing the hypocrisy of the Christian faith when he saw pastors preach about forgiveness one day, and then flog a boy for a small offense the next. He wrote in his autobiography, â€Å"I knew very well that only the night before this preacher had shown neither forgiveness nor mercy in