He begins with the claim that most of what follows is true, particularly the parts about war. ... He is very proud of the outline of the story that he draws in crayon on the back of a roll of wallpaper. The wallpaper outline represents each character in a different color of crayon, with a line for each progressing through the story's chronology. ... He is glowing with the expectation that his letter will console many people by explaining the true nature of time. ... The colonel likes to go by "Wild Bob," and he tells Billy, "If you're ever in Cody, Wyoming, just ask for Wild Bob!" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. ... The book, Céline and His Vision, is a story of a French soldier whose skull gets cracked during World War I. ... In his own mind, Weary narrates the war stories he will one day tell. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Staunchly anti-Nixon, Thompson's pioneering work in Gonzo Journalism may have generated detractors of such stature as Tom Wolfe, but he remains for many the one true icon of New Journalism. ... The story is fragmented and often Vonnegut commands the reader to "Listen-. ... This juxtaposition shows how carefully we serve up an animal for our own consumption, but how soullessly and unceremoniously we discard humans. ... Heller tells the story of the dissolution of a generation; those who not only risked their lives in World War Two, but managed to survive to the final page of Catch-22 a...

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Furthermore, philosophers such as Socrates and Vonnegut have stressed that responsibility for one's actions is the first step toward understanding why things are the way they are (i.e. war, hunger, injustice, etc.) ... Socrates' legendary apathy for the will of the majority is exemplified when he tells his friend (translated by G.M.A. ... In the turbulent polytheistic society of Athens, no one action could please all of the gods, but more importantly, Socrates would advocate that it is ludicrous to act in a mechanical way merely to please beings which are at constant war with each ...

• Word Count: 2901
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate