How did Mark Twain, Goerge Orwell, William March, and Louis-Ferdinand Celine influence Kurt Vonnegut?

How long is your essay supposed to be, what grade are you in, and would you like to know my hourly rates for ghost writing?

Hang on, I know this one. Those other guys are all writers. Vonnegut read what they’d written, and that’s how they influenced him.

Go, bob. Go.

I just turned 44 and I know three out of those five authors. How many do you know and how old are you? (that is a general you. I am not just picking on bob because I am old and snotty.)

@argle: I am much older (and probably snottier) than you and I have never heard of Wm March.

Twain seems an obvious influence in style. Vonnegut’s narrative confidence, sense of character and just the rambling is reminiscent of Twain.
I miss Vonnegut, too. I was just thinking of his influence on writers and pop culture.

Slapstick was one of my favorites. That refrain, “Hi ho,” remains with me today.