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    Slaughterhouse Failure

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    Slaughterhouse Failure Listen: “O peace! How many wars were waged in thy name”(Alexander Pope.) Kurt Vonnegut’s acclaimed novel‚ Slaughterhouse Five is a gripping book that follows the scattered like of Billy Pilgrim as he jumps through time and tries to understand how life is supposed to be viewed. The novel presents new and fascinating ideas about time and how life can be viewed. Vonnegut intended for the novel to be about the appalling world of war; Yet‚ when reading the book‚ it’s hard to

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    Slaughterhouse-Five (the children’s crusade) Kurt Vonnegut Theme- Military/War Quote- Page 15 “So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn’t want her babies or anybody else’s babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies.” Explanation: The author Kurt Vonegut is sitting with his war buddy‚ Bernard B. O’Hare‚ and Bernard’s wife‚ Mary O’Hare. Kurt wants Bernard to help remember details of the war so that he can write

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    Slaughterhouse V Analysis

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    In Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Billy Pilgrim is unable to cope with the realities of life. He tries to cope through multiple means‚ but ultimately the fact is that he does not cope well with the horrors and tragedies of life. Sometimes Billy will time travel and other times Billy will be completely despondent to death – either way Billy is not the model for a person who copes with the world because he is often still haunted by certain memories. Undoubtedly‚ Billy Pilgrim would not be

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    Slaughterhouse Five SIFTT Sean Lawson Period 1 Slaughterhouse Five‚ a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ contains numerous examples of symbolism‚ imagery‚ figurative language‚ tone‚ and theme. The story isn’t very chronological‚ every thing happens bunched up together. There are numerous settings in the novel. A large portion of the action of the story occurs in the small town of Ilium‚ New York‚ where Billy Pilgrim‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ was born. Having grown up in Ilium‚ he settles there

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    Slaughterhouse 5

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    I killed two people with this gun. One American boy‚ age 14 in 8th grade living a good life in the state of Mississippi. One African American‚ age 13‚ also living in Mississippi. The American was a big sports fan‚ loving to wrestle and run track. The African American liked sports as well‚ lacrosse and basketball. At this point pretty much anyone that lives in Jackson‚ Mississippi knows these facts. If you don’t‚ I guess social media isn’t your thing. While the names and backgrounds of these two children

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    The Trophy for Villainy Although many might heartily defend the villainy of Roland Weary or Paul Lazarro‚ it is clear that the true antagonists of Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-five are culture‚ society and history‚ all of which play a major role in Billy Pilgrim’s ascent to death. Characters are not villains; their actions may suggest the contrary‚ but they are caused by the negative effects of society‚ which changes with area‚ culture‚ which changes with time‚ and history‚ which cannot be changed

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    commonplace of historical villains will be re-examined and re-evaluated alongside the most notable of traditional historical heroes. For both post-modern novels‚ Timothy Findley’s The Wars‚ set in World War 1‚ and its predecessor Kurt Vonnegut’s the Slaughterhouse 5‚ set in World War 2‚ this is more than evident. As in both novels‚ the protagonists witness those who would normally be considered enemies in wars‚ made their aides and those normally considered allies‚ made an obstacle. Whether it’s the fellow

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    Ptsd in Slaughterhouse 5

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    Billy Pilgrim has not come unstuck in time; Billy has become a victim of violent warfare. Common to many soldiers of war‚ he has witnessed such horrific events during the bombing of Dresden that he has acquired Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In order to avoid the reality of his cruel life and of the war‚ Billy has become dependant on escapism. Through escapism he has created the planet of Tralfamadore and the Tralfamadorians. Billy Pilgrim has become a victim of PTSD after having served in the

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    Comparison: Verna and Billy Psychoanalysis emphasizes the defense mechanisms and core issues a character can have. During this unit I noticed that the characters Verna from Stone Mattress by Atwood and Billy from Slaughterhouse-five by Vonnegut are similar in their issues along with the fact that they have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Both characters with a distressing event in their lives that leads to their defense mechanisms and core issues. In the Stone Mattress‚ when Verna was just a young

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    Slaughter House Five

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    Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five shows the life of Billy Pilgrim through a twisted tunnel of reality. Pilgrim is raised in Ilium‚ New York and grows up to become an optometrist but shortly after is drafted into World War 2. This soldier’s life is not shown as a straight line where you’re born in the beginning and die at the end but rather as a scatter plot of time due to Billy’s time traveling ways. “ Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and

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