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			{{Short description\|Character in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut}}{{Use mdy dates\|date=April 2013}}
⚫	'''Eliot Rosewater''' is a ] in the novels of ] ] ]. He appears throughout various novels as ~~a ],~~ an ], and a ] ~~through~~ the Rosewater Foundation. ~~Among~~ the few fans of the novels of ] (another of Vonnegut's creations).
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		⚫	'''Eliot Rosewater''' is a ] in the novels of American author ].<ref name=rosie>{{cite web \| title=Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award \| url=http://www.ilfonline.org/?eliotrosewateraward \| publisher=Indiana Library Federation \| access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> He appears throughout various novels as an alcoholic, and a philanthropist who claims to be a ]. He runs the Rosewater Foundation, an organization created to keep the family's money in the family. He is among the few fans of the novels of ] (another of Vonnegut's creations).
⚫	==Appearances in Vonnegut's ~~Novels~~==
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		⚫	== ''God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'' ==
	In ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' he is Billy Pilgrim's bunk mate in a hospital.
			''],'' or, ''Pearls Before Swine,'' the first of Vonnegut's novels to feature the character of Eliot Rosewater, is also the one in which he is the most prominent.<ref name=award>{{cite web \| title=Eliot Rosewater Awards \| url=http://indiana.statebookawards.com/html/eliot_rosewater_awards.html \| publisher=A School Book Center, Inc. \| access-date=April 4, 2014 \| archive-date=June 29, 2012 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629065849/http://indiana.statebookawards.com/html/eliot_rosewater_awards.html \| url-status=dead }}</ref>

			The 1965 novel follows much of his life as the liberal son of a rich, conservative Senator from Rosewater County, Indiana who founded the Rosewater Foundation.<ref name=barnes>{{cite web \| title=God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls before Swine Overview \| url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/god-bless-you-mr-rosewater-kurt-vonnegut/1100617918?ean=9780385333474 \| publisher=Barnesandnoble.com LLC \| access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> Eliot Rosewater is convinced that he should spend the family riches to help the poor and uses the Foundation to this end, an idea looked down upon by his father.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Book Club: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater \|url=http://www.companioncollective.com/1/post/2013/10/book-club-god-bless-you-mr-rosewater.html \|author=Blake \|date=October 28, 2013 \|access-date=April 4, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090243/http://www.companioncollective.com/1/post/2013/10/book-club-god-bless-you-mr-rosewater.html \|archive-date=April 7, 2014 \|df=mdy }}</ref> Norman Mushari, an opportunistic former associate of the Rosewater family lawyer, attempts to have Eliot declared insane so that the family wealth can be inherited by his new client, a distant relative to the east. This and other crises lead to a year-long mental blackout, after which Rosewater's favorite writer, ], tries to explain to the Senator that Eliot's actions were sane and compassionate.
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			'']'' called it " at his wildest best" and Conrad Aiken said that it's "a brilliantly funny satire on almost everything".<ref name=barnes/>

			== ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' ==
			''],'' or ''The Children's Crusade,'' first published in 1969, features Eliot Rosewater in Chapter Five. ], the main character of the novel, has committed himself to a psychiatric hospital during his last year of optometry school, and finds himself sharing a room with Eliot Rosewater. Eliot introduces Billy Pilgrim to the works of Kilgore Trout, which set the foundation for Billy's adventures through time and with the Tralfamadorians, aliens that Billy claims abducted him.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Eliot Rosewater Character Analysis \| url=http://www.shmoop.com/slaughterhouse-five/eliot-rosewater.html \| publisher=Shmoop University, Inc. \| access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

			== Film appearances ==
			* '']'' (1971), played by ]
			* '']'' (1999), played by ]

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			* '']'' (1965)
		⚫	* '']'' (1969)
		⚫	* '']'' (1973)
			* '']'' (1990)

			== Namesake award ==
			The ] (often shortened to Rosie Award) is given to one ] each year as selected by ] high school students.<ref name=rosie /><ref name=award />

			== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 3 March 2024

Character in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut Fictional character

Eliot Rosewater
Created by	Kurt Vonnegut
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Nationality	American

Eliot Rosewater is a recurring character in the novels of American author Kurt Vonnegut. He appears throughout various novels as an alcoholic, and a philanthropist who claims to be a volunteer fireman. He runs the Rosewater Foundation, an organization created to keep the family's money in the family. He is among the few fans of the novels of Kilgore Trout (another of Vonnegut's creations).

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or, Pearls Before Swine, the first of Vonnegut's novels to feature the character of Eliot Rosewater, is also the one in which he is the most prominent.

The 1965 novel follows much of his life as the liberal son of a rich, conservative Senator from Rosewater County, Indiana who founded the Rosewater Foundation. Eliot Rosewater is convinced that he should spend the family riches to help the poor and uses the Foundation to this end, an idea looked down upon by his father. Norman Mushari, an opportunistic former associate of the Rosewater family lawyer, attempts to have Eliot declared insane so that the family wealth can be inherited by his new client, a distant relative to the east. This and other crises lead to a year-long mental blackout, after which Rosewater's favorite writer, Kilgore Trout, tries to explain to the Senator that Eliot's actions were sane and compassionate.

The New York Times called it " at his wildest best" and Conrad Aiken said that it's "a brilliantly funny satire on almost everything".

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade, first published in 1969, features Eliot Rosewater in Chapter Five. Billy Pilgrim, the main character of the novel, has committed himself to a psychiatric hospital during his last year of optometry school, and finds himself sharing a room with Eliot Rosewater. Eliot introduces Billy Pilgrim to the works of Kilgore Trout, which set the foundation for Billy's adventures through time and with the Tralfamadorians, aliens that Billy claims abducted him.

Film appearances

Slaughterhouse-Five (1971), played by Henry Bumstead
Breakfast of Champions (1999), played by Ken Hudson Campbell

Appearances in Vonnegut's novels

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Namesake award

The Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (often shortened to Rosie Award) is given to one young adult book each year as selected by Indiana high school students.

References

^ "Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award". Indiana Library Federation. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
^ "Eliot Rosewater Awards". A School Book Center, Inc. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
^ "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls before Swine Overview". Barnesandnoble.com LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
Blake (October 28, 2013). "Book Club: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
"Eliot Rosewater Character Analysis". Shmoop University, Inc. Retrieved April 4, 2014.

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Bibliography
Novels	Player Piano (1952) The Sirens of Titan (1959) Mother Night (1961) Cat's Cradle (1963) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) Breakfast of Champions (1973) Slapstick (1976) Jailbird (1979) Deadeye Dick (1982) Galápagos (1985) Bluebeard (1987) Hocus Pocus (1990) Timequake (1997)
Novellas	God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999) We Are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works (2013)
Collected short fiction	Canary in a Cat House (1961) Welcome to the Monkey House (1968) Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) Armageddon in Retrospect (2008) Look at the Birdie (2009) While Mortals Sleep (2011) Sucker's Portfolio (2013) Complete Stories (2017)
Collected non-fiction	Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974) Palm Sunday (1981) Fates Worse Than Death (1991) A Man Without a Country (2005) Armageddon in Retrospect (2008) Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012) If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (2013) Vonnegut by the Dozen (2013)
Plays/screenplays	Fortitude (1968) Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970) Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
Interviews	Like Shaking Hands with God (1999)
Adaptations	Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) Next Door (1975) Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979) Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) Who Am I This Time? (1982) Displaced Person (1985) Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (1991) Harrison Bergeron (1995) Mother Night (1996) Breakfast of Champions (1999) 2081 (2009) 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)
Characters and concepts	Kilgore Trout Eliot Rosewater Rabo Karabekian RAMJAC Ilium Granfalloon Tralfamadore Ice-nine
Related	Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library Vonnegut (Mercury crater)
Family	Jill Krementz (second wife) Mark Vonnegut (son) Edith Vonnegut (daughter) Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (father) Bernard Vonnegut (brother) Bernard Vonnegut Sr. (grandfather) Clemens Vonnegut (great-grandfather)

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