The main character is Billy Pilgrim who is actually Kurt Vonnegut himself. Vonnegut, like Billy Pilgrim, emerged from a meat locker beneath a slaughterhouse into the moonscape of burned-out Dresden. ... In chapter two Billy Pilgrim believes that he has "come unstuck in time." ... He graduates high school and begins training as an optometrist before being drafted. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Chapter Two "Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." ... He was going to night school in optometry when he got drafted to fight in World War II. ... In 1945 he returned to the States, finished optometry school, and married the daughter of the school's owner. ... After his release, he finished school, married the girl, got his own practice with help from his father-in-law, became quite rich, and had two kids. ...

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• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School