If a reader does not follow closely what the author is talking about, one would most likely get lost, and have to reread. The use of arrows in this selection seems to be how the author transitions. He has an average of one paragraph per arrow. Maybe this is his way of transitioning from thought to thought. Either way, he is breaking the frame. Modernists say that the first paragraph should contain the topic sentence. The first paragraph in Vonnegut’s The Breakfast of Champions talks about how he did not steal the phrase, “the breakfast of champions,” from General Mills, Inc. I thought this was comical. He then goes into talking about the person to whom the book is dedicated. This is quite odd. Most of the time an author will give maybe two sentences at the most, about the dedication. Also, this is never in the book, only on the dedication page. This is another example of how the author breaks the
If a reader does not follow closely what the author is talking about, one would most likely get lost, and have to reread. The use of arrows in this selection seems to be how the author transitions. He has an average of one paragraph per arrow. Maybe this is his way of transitioning from thought to thought. Either way, he is breaking the frame. Modernists say that the first paragraph should contain the topic sentence. The first paragraph in Vonnegut’s The Breakfast of Champions talks about how he did not steal the phrase, “the breakfast of champions,” from General Mills, Inc. I thought this was comical. He then goes into talking about the person to whom the book is dedicated. This is quite odd. Most of the time an author will give maybe two sentences at the most, about the dedication. Also, this is never in the book, only on the dedication page. This is another example of how the author breaks the