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Thanks CodeMage. >Also, bear in mind that he wasn't charting the emotions of the protagonist, but the protagonist's fortune. Taken from the article: "Is she

by ankeshk 17y ago

Thanks CodeMage. >Also, bear in mind that he wasn't charting the emotions of the protagonist, but the protagonist's fortune. Taken from the article: "Is she even sadder now? No, she’s already a broken-hearted little girl." "and she becomes off-scale happy" [draws line upward and then infinity symbol] So I don't think Vonnegut differentiated much between fortunes and emotions of the protagonist. He exchanged the terms for one another freely.

TrevorBramble 17y ago
As he said, "what's the good news and what's the bad news?" The reason that fortune and emotion are being conflated in the discussion is because whether an event is considered good or ill fortune depends on the perspective of the protagonist. If the protagonist is happy with the outcome, the line charts North, and vice versa.