The Sirens of Titan

by

Kurt Vonnegut

Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum

Chrono-synclastic infundibula, mysterious spirals that exist in space, represent the vast unknowable expanse of the universe and the predetermined nature of existence. They are never fully explained in the novel, with the narrator claiming that…

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Antennae

Soldiers in the Martian army are all fitted with antennae, which force them to remain under the army’s total control. The antennae thus represent lack of free will and the question of whether it is…

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