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    Religion in Slaughterhouse Five Ruihan Guo 2013/11/12 Vonnegut’s contempt for religion manifests itself in Slaughterhouse Five. It is illustrated in the first quotation about the role of religion in Billy Pilgrim’s life and the second quotation absurdly likening the origin of Christianity to “a gift” (139) from an outer space visitor. In the first quotation‚ Billy Pilgrim shows how he uses religion as a blind support in his life and an absolute denial of free will that absolves him from responsibility

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    Another reason that Slaughterhouse-Five has been misinterpreted results from a comment that Vonnegut makes in the opening chapter. He relates a conversation he had about Slaughterhouse-Five: Over the years‚ people I ’ve met have often asked me what I ’m working on‚ and I ’ve usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden. I said that to

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    In this novel‚ the author explores some themes that prove to be the main ideas of the story. The main themes include the destructiveness of war‚ the importance of sight‚ and the illusion of free will. In addition‚ these themes are presented in a somewhat camouflaged way. The main character‚ Billy Pilgrim‚ is a successful optometrist who had been in World War II. He struggles to understand his own life and the reason why people cause destruction and war. In the story‚ Pilgrim has flashbacks of when

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    To what ends do the illusion of free will‚ the mention of war and the key motif of “so it goes” contribute to the novel? Throughout the novel Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut we focus on three motifs/themes to define whether or not it is an anti-war novel. Through the anti-war illusion of free will theme and the “so it goes” motif we are able to make clear assumptions. The illusion of free will‚ “so it goes” and the presence of the narrator and gruesome images of war throughout the play defy

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    Slaughterhouse Five is a confusing book to read because of the strange occurrences and frequent time traveling. Over the course of the book‚ Billy experiences some very strange things that aren’t common or even real things that a reader would see in their life. First‚ Vonnegut discusses the Trafalmadorians at length. He describes them as "two‚ feet high‚ and green‚ and shaped like plumbers’ friends. Their suctions cups were on the ground‚ and their shafts‚ which were extremely flexible‚ usually

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    In slaughterhouse five‚ there is a character named little Paul Lazzaro that Billy Pilgrim mentions quite often in the book. In the chapters‚ Lazzaro always talks about revenge and he says “revenge is sweet” and that nobody ever got it from Lazzaro who didn’t have it coming. Revenge in a violent sense is never justifiable no matter what anybody has done to hurt the other person. Lazzaro in the book tells a story about what happened to a dog that bit him. The story goes as Lazzaro was walking and the

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    Nick Trish Honors English III pd 5/6 Independent Novel Essay - "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut The science fiction novel‚ "Slaughterhouse-Five" was published in 1969 by a brilliant man named Kurt Vonnegut. This book was known as his masterpiece‚ it depicted the horrific cruelties of war and was inspired by his own experiences in WWII. Vonnegut wrote several other novels‚ short stories‚ and plays‚ and it seemed that in most‚ if not all‚ of these writings that he created his own‚ unique

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    ENG 255L-114 29 April 2011 Slaughterhouse Five Final Reflection Since reading Slaughterhouse Five‚ the reoccurring theme has been the idea of war. I believe that this theme has lead to show us how critical and really how destructive war can be. Although in some aspects Billy Pilgrim is able to recover from war‚ I still feel that it disheartened him a lot. I believe the stress and post trauma really seems to take a toll on him. I get this idea based on events and experiences that he had

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    Vonnegut Jr.‚ have often see madness with a “discerning eye.” In Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Vonnegut conveys madness through Billy Pilgrim‚ a traumatized war veteran who believes he has become “unstuck in time”. Pilgrim’s life after the war consists of periods of his life‚ in no chronological order‚ printed together in disarray that collectively tells the story of his life. Billy Pilgrim lived most of his life as a normal man until the night of his daughter’s wedding. Billy claims that he was abducted by

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    War is a tragedy that nobody wishes to participate in‚ yet it is an ever present occurrence throughout the duration of time. Slaughterhouse Five‚ written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ is an antiwar novel but ironically doesn’t fixate on war itself. Traditionally‚ antiwar novels focus on the tragic deaths that occur‚ but this novel follows a survivor of the war‚ Billy Pilgrim. As a young adult‚ Billy is forcibly drafted into a war that he has no ambition to fight. With Billy’s lack of military skills he is quickly

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