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Abstract
Science Fiction is a special world of imagination. The thesis studies the science fictional pictures of the society in the works of the American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Using the category of science fiction enabled the writer to critisize certain aspects of society. Vonnegut attacked the strange and irrational relationship between man and machine. This is presented by giving pictures of dystopian systems, in which there are nightmare vision of totalitarianism. He critisized the absurdities of the age in four of his novels, Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan, SlaughterhouseFive and Cat<U+2019>s Cradle. These absurdities are social and economic, and all are related to the American society. The alternate pictures of horror and the crimes of war are also discussed through Vonnegut<U+2019>s treatment of war through science fiction in his novels. Then, he tries to give alternatives to the hellish examples of life he presented in his works. These alternatives are religion, resignation, hero<U+2019>s homecoming, and community. Most of them are all imaginary because at least, they donot give happiness, the only one that can work is community. The thesis concludes that Vonnegut was able to use science fiction in his novels to help humanity to search for meaning and at the same time warm humanity against any kind of irrationality in our world. Also, science fiction is proven to be a wonderful means for helping humanity.