As readers of Kurt Vonnegut's literary masterpiece, "Slaughterhouse Five," we're told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. The jumbled narrative structure is Vonnegut's way of telling his story of Dresden. The setting of Slaughterhouse-Five is wide-ranged, each place having a significant effect on Vonnegut's story through the life of Billy Pilgrim. ... Vonnegut having experienced war and imprisoned in Dresden himself. ... I believe this is what Vonnegut wanted the readers to get from this...

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Many writers in history have written science fiction novels and had great success with them, but only a few have been as enduring over time as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. ... In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut uses structure and point of view to portray the theme that time is relative. The way Kurt Vonnegut structures Slaughterhouse-Five aids in the portrayal of the theme that time is relative. ... The point of view that Slaughterhouse-Five is written from also affects the way the reader fells about time after reading the novel. ... (Dunstan 1) Slaughterhouse-Five gives ...

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Slaughterhouse Five is the story of a small, timid man named Billy Pilgrim. ... The author, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote this book in a non-sequential manner. ... The different forms of imagery in Slaughterhouse Five are one of Vonnegut's primary tools for bringing this nonlinear story together. ... At one point when the Americans are in Slaughterhouse Five, a fellow American-turned-Nazi named Howard Campbell is lecturing and trying to sway them into Nazism. ... Without Vonnegut's use of imagery, dark humour, and irony, Slaughterhouse Five would not be nearly as effective of an antiwar...

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(Revision) The book Slaughterhouse-Five is an effort by the author Kurt Vonnegut to try to deglamorize war. ... Take it moment by moment." (86) Vonnegut wrote the book Slaughterhouse-Five as if it was written for a Trafamadorian. ... Slaughterhouse-Five is a powerful and philosophical novel. ... Slaughterhouse-Five tries to show the error in our ways. ... Vonnegut wrote this book to show us the horrors that occur when the people look the other way when problems arise. ...

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The men could not think of any particularly good memories or stories, and the narrator noticed that Mary, Bernard's wife (to whom Slaughterhouse Five is dedicated), seemed very angry about something. ... MY COMMENTS: I've read several Kurt Vonnegut books in the past, including this one. It has been a couple of years since I first read Slaughterhouse Five, and I'm glad I got the chance to read it again. Vonnegut, in my opinion, is one of the greatest humanist writers of all time. ... Suddenly, Weary realizes that they are being watched by five German soldiers and a police d...

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