of at least 50 people out of the thousands that perished in the raid of Dresden? While I see it wrong to compare deaths and say which was a greater death‚ I can say that the Dresden bombing had a greater global impact than this murder event. So why is it that people can spit out facts about the “less significant” two murdered people but can’t even say the names of some of the people that lost their lives in the greatest bombing event in WWII? The answer to this question lies deep inside humans that
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in the novel is used to remove the so called “Romance of war‚” through the understatement of the violence of his death. Edgar Derby was a high school teacher‚ who was captured by the Germans along with Billy Pilgrim in 1943‚ and survived the bombing of Dresden with Billy Pilgrim in a slaughterhouse’s underground meat safe. In the first chapter‚ when Vonnegut places himself in the story by discussing the narrative and making himself a background character‚ and establishing his representative relationship
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Slaughterhouse-Five explores fate‚ free will‚ and the illogical nature of human beings. Protagonist Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time‚ randomly experiencing the events of his life‚ with no idea of what part he will next visit. Billy Pilgrim says there is no free will‚ an assertion confirmed by a Tralfamadorian‚ who says‚ "I’ve visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe. Only on Earth is there any talk of free will." The story’s central concept is that most of humanity is insignificant--they
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The Germans put him into a boxcar to Germany. Once he arrives he experiences a breakdown and get a shot of morphine and experiences another flashback. The POW are transported to Dresden to work manual labor. There is a slaughterhouse that is located in Dresden which become important later in the book. The US bombs Dresden and ended up killing 130‚000 people. Pilgrim and some other POW survived this
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Daddow‚ O. (2009) International Relations Theory‚ London: Sage. Hoekema‚ D. A. (2008) There Are No Just Wars‚ Ars Disputandi‚ 8: 126-145. Marlowe‚M. D.(2001-2010) ’Sir Arthur Harris ’‚ Bible Research (2001-2010) http://www.bible-researcher.com/dresden/harris.html Moseley‚ A Orend‚ B. (2005) ’War ’ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ http://www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/entries/war Orend‚ B Prazmowska‚ A. (1987) Britain‚ Poland and the Eastern Front‚ 1939 Cambridge University Press. Rengger‚ N. (2002)
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To begin with‚ the purpose‚ as stated in the first chapter‚ was to write a book about Dresden. Personally‚ I had never previously known about this city existing much less that it was destroyed by allied troops. Through his writing‚ I was compelled to further research the topic. Therefore‚ I am glad that I was informed about a hidden atrocity
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut can be described as a novel that is interesting‚ creative‚ and well-written. Kurt Vonnegut writes this novel with a satiric voice but also expresses many other emotions as well. The first chapter is very unique because of the way Vonnegut tells the story of how he came about writing this novel and introduces his wartime friend Bernhard O’Hare. Although it seems like it might not belong at all‚ this chapter gives an introduction that might be needed for a character
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Oliver Clothesoff Mr. Freud ENG 4U1 January 9‚ 2008 Is Billy Pilgrim Sane? Billy Pilgrim plays a very influential role as the main character in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5. Since the novel is based entirely on Billy Pilgrim’s interaction with the environment around him‚ pinpointing Billy’s state of sanity on the scale of normality helps the reader determine what is really happening‚ and what is a figment of Billy’s imagination. Before making the decision regarding Billy’s state
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“How did the Germans survive...devastation‚ and live amid endless blocks of shattered homes...?”This was the question that Earl Beck voiced after he saw the ruins that were Post World War II Germany. How could one come out‚ with a sense of starting over after what Germany went through? One could get through times of uncertainty and chaos with a sort of “safe place.” Usually these places were an actual city or house‚ the family‚ or retreating into their minds. Now not all the “safe
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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. However‚ it is by means of the perspectives and details of the novel that
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