Chapter 1: Entry 2

In the novel, Kurt Vonnegut was visiting the house of Bernard O’ Hare trying to remember stories he could include into his Dresden book he was writing. Mary O’ Hare was obviously irate about something Vonnegut was a part of. When she left the room and “was moving all over the house, opening and shutting doors, even moving furniture around to work off anger” (Vonnegut 14). This is very entertaining because many people including myself can relate to this action. When someone or something happens and I am not too thrilled about it, I find myself doing something either to annoy or show the person I am not pleased with something they did or I work off my anger by participating in some physical work.  Mary was also very open with telling Kurt Vonnegut what infuriated her too. She was livid because she thought that they will “pretend they were men instead of babies, and they will be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne” (Vonnegut 14). She also felt like they would change the gloomy plot to make war look wonderful. This is very true with society today. Hollywood changes war movies and biographies around to make the action more appealing to the audience. In the movie Blind Side, they made Michael Oher appear as he had never played football before, but this is not true. Michael Oher had been playing football before he was taken in by his foster family. This just shows that Mary’s concerns are still relevant to the world today.