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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Passage from Slaughterhouse-Five By Kurt Vonnegut Weary was as new to war as Billy. He was a re- 1 placement‚ too. As a part of a gun crew‚ he had helped 2 to fire one shot in anger---from a 57-millimeter antitank 3 gun. The gun made a ripping sound like the opening 4 of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. The gun 5 lapped up snow and vegetation with blowtorch 6 thirty feet long. The flame left a black arrow on the 7 ground‚ showing Germans exactly where the gun 8 was hidden
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WAR AND AFTERMATH OF WAR IN THE ENGLISH PATIENT BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Abstract War and aftermath of war is a paper which talks about the various aspects of war and its outcomes as discussed in the novels of Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje takes war as a major theme in his two most famous novels: The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. The present paper discusses the treatment of war in the hands of Ondaatje in his Booker winning novel The English Patient. The treatment of the sensitive topics of war gets
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In Breakfast of Champions‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses a very real‚ direct‚ and sometimes playful style. In the preface‚ he speaks directly to the reader‚ fully exposing his personality‚ his reasons for writing the novel‚ as well as how he intends to write the novel. In doing this‚ Vonnegut sets up the novel perfectly by basically telling the reader what they are to expect. Rather than spend multiple chapters establishing the tone‚ the various themes‚ and the other elements of the novel‚ he covers them all
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Slaughterhouse Five tells the story of Billy Pilgrim who has become “unstuck in time.” Young Billy is born and raised in Ilium‚ New York‚ he is "tall and weak‚ and shaped like a bottle of Coca-Cola‚" and studying to be an optometrist. He is drafted into the U.S. military and despite his scrawny‚ weak build‚ he is sent to Europe to fight. While fighting in Germany‚ Billy is all of a sudden sent to 1968‚ where the plane he was on has crashed into the mountains of Vermont. He becomes aware that we possesses
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Novels are written to give a message to the world; this message can be good or bad‚ important or superficial‚ critical or supportive‚ but every story needs an initial purpose. Slaughterhouse-Five‚ written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ was published post World War II and follows the life of Billy Pilgrim who witnesses the fire-bombing of Dresden‚ Germany during that time. On the surface‚ the story seems to be just a jumble of confusion and chaos without any significant insight into life‚ war‚ or human nature
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Vonnegut doesn’t only repeat words‚ scenes‚ images but he also repeats stories such as the assassination of Billy Pilgrim by a gunman hired by Paul Lazzaro or the execution of Earl Derby for taking a teapot from the ruins of Dresden after the bombing. He mentions them repeatedly throughout the narrative until they become leitmotivs‚ recurring phrases- like the expression “So it goes”: I‚ Billy Pilgrim‚ will die‚ have died‚ and always will die on February thirteenth‚ 1976. (141) Addressing the
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Slaughterhouse-Five is a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut. This book could be interpreted in many ways but in tn the most direct explanation‚ the book is about a man who served in the army during World War II who decides to write about a man who serves in World War II who is also dealing with aliens‚ time travel‚ family‚ and such. The “escape” for the first man mentioned in the novel‚ is literature. For many years literature has been accepted and praised throughout the world. Since the beginning literature
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stay in each other’s company. Rainbow Dash’s house wasn’t the place to hold a tree‚ but Fluttershy’s cottage was perfect. Twilight‚ Rarity‚ Pinkie Pie and Applejack had all left to go visit Twilight’s parents in Canterlot‚ and wouldn’t be back until tomorrow. This left Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to themselves‚ which‚ to Rainbow Dash‚ meant more time to spend together. Fluttershy seemed so far gone‚ but maybe Rainbow Dash could fix that. Approaching Fluttershy‚ Rainbow Dash hoofed her a wrapped present
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in history as this event gave rise to the three major religions known today: Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam. Moreover‚ Dr. Rainbow introduced the three great empires that controlled Palestine which were the Assyrians‚ Babylonians‚ and Persians and provided six maps which uncovered the history of how the Judeans were‚ the story of their exile‚ and they return. Dr. Rainbow introduced map one as the time span in which Sinuhe lived. Retjenu‚ the place Sinuhe escaped to was located outside of Egypt
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