In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five he presents the Tralfamadorians as an influence on Billy for the belief of the idea that fate and free will doesn't exist but the existence of the Tralfamadorians is questionable, so is the idea of predestined life. ... Humor in Humans and World War II In the novel Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut uses black humor to reveal the darker side of humans and World War II. ... On the topic of death another black humor added by Kurt Vonnegut is this. ... Kurt Vonnegut includes this black humor to show the insensitivity of humans. ... Kurt Vonnegu...

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Slaughterhouse Five gives us three views of moving forward: the Tralfamadorian's, Kurt Vonnegut's and poor Billy's view who is stuck in the middle. ... First, let us take a look at Kurt Vonnegut, the author of Slaughterhouse Five. ... In Slaughterhouse Five, Billy gets his phrase, "so it goes" from the Tralfamadorians. ... "So it goes" is very important in Slaughterhouse Five. ... Through Slaughterhouse Five he is able to teach us the true meaning of "so it goes....

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"Slaughterhouse Five" Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a novel involving the character Billy Pilgrim. ... In fact, "Slaughterhouse Five" was not published until 23 years after the end of the war; 23 years of desolation and internal angst for Vonnegut. ... To understand "Slaughterhouse Five," one must first understand the author himself, Kurt Vonnegut. ... Vonnegut was not among the dead, and escaped death since he was in an underground slaughterhouse with other prisoners of war making vitamin supplements. ... Throughout Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five", Vonnegut displays the destructiveness of w...

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"Slaughterhouse 5," by Kurt Vonnegut is literary masterpiece that reflects the horrors of war and death using science fiction and satirical approach. ... Kurt Vonnegut has his protagonist experience the horrors of war. ... He saw the beautiful city of Dresden before the attack, and the destruction after, "What he did not see from the inside of Slaughterhouse-Five was a full day and night of high-explosive demolition of streets, buildings, monuments, houses, and living human organisms, followed by the towering cyclone of flame, the all-consuming, all-destroying pillar of oxidation; nor did...

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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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Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. ... The Neverending Campaign to Ban 'Slaughterhouse Five'. ... All parent member reviews for Slaughterhouse-Five. ... Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. ...

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Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. ... The Neverending Campaign to Ban 'Slaughterhouse Five'. ... All parent member reviews for Slaughterhouse-Five. ... Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. ...

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Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five; His uncontrollable time traveling takes Billy back to his experiences in World War II and on the planet which is called Traflamadore. ... Tralfamadorian novels have a similar description to Slaughterhouse-5 itself. ... Also, Vonnegut is wrong about the climax of his own book. ... When it comes to rule breaking, Vonnegut does it all. ... On the train ride to Dresden Vonnegut writes, "Oz. ...

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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut I.Character List Billy Pilgrim - The main character of the novel. ... Vonnegut - In the first and last chapters, Vonnegut explains why he wrote this novel. ... Gernard Muller - The friendly cab driver who brought Bernard and Billy to the slaughterhouse in which they were held prisoner in. ... Conflict In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim is both the protagonist and antagonist because of his internal struggle. ... Plot Summary Addressed as an anti-war novel about the bombings of Dresden in World War II, Slaughterhouse-Five is a fictional story ...

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The novel Slaughterhouse Five is written by Kurt Vonnegut. ... Billy, some other Americans, and a few German guards hide in the basement of Slaughterhouse Five during the bombing and manage to escape unharmed. ... A minor character is Vonnegut, the auther himself, who appears in the novel. In the first and last chapters, Vonnegut tells about himself, the story, and how he wrote it. Vonnegut actually appears as a character in some of the war scenes. ...

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In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut portrays how events shape a person's mindset by exploring the past, imaginary, and current world of the life of Billy Pilgrim. ... He was pitiful"" (Vonnegut 53). ... They were all being killed with their families " (Vonnegut 226). ... "Billy blinked in 1958, traveled in time to 1961 " (Vonnegut 58). ... In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut portrays how events shape a person's mindset by exploring the past, imaginary, and current world of the life of Billy Pilgrim. ...

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Although the real controversy lies in its use for essays and assignments by students, its use in fiction is equally as important; specifically, the use of alternative discourse in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five. Slaughterhouse Five is by no means written in a traditional way. ... Slaughterhouse Five is an entirely different story - literally. ... It is as if Vonnegut has taken this template as a model for Slaughterhouse Five, down to the rows of asterisks separating short clumps of text. ... Kurt Vonnegut is a mastermind of the American novel. ...

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Through his writing style, Kurt Vonnegut continues to skip between past and future. ... Kurt Vonnegut intends to show his readers this lesson, which also demonstrates his purpose on making his anti-war novel. ... The Tralfamadorians have a great impact on Vonnegut's novel. ... By mentioning the creatures in which inhabit Tralfamadore, Kurt Vonnegut implies these allegories through them, and the reader acknowledges them explicitly. ...

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Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. ... Slaughter House Five is a fictitious as well as true narrative about WWII, of which the youth of this day have only an inkling of knowledge. ... Slaughter House Five. ... Slaughterhouse Five ranks number 29 on the American Library Association's list of banned or challenged books (Banned and Challenged Classics). ... Vonnegut also let the world in on the secret that was Dresden. ...

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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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Kurt Vonnegut: Schizophrenic, or Just Lonely? Kurt Vonnegut has been through many difficult times in his life. ... Up until this point, Vonnegut had written under the name, "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." ... Vonnegut was also isolated from the rest of society for a five month period of his life. ... Vonnegut did the same thing when he wrote Slaughterhouse-Five. ...

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The novel, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, follows the life of Billy Pilgrim. February 13, 1945 was when the German city of Dresden was bombed, but Billy survived the awful experience. He instinctively feels incredible guilt, not understanding why he survived when so many others died. This is...

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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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If you have ever read the novel Slaughterhouse Five, you might be left asking yourself, who really is Pilgrim? ... After the passage, Vonnegut writes, AThose were vile people in both those cities, as is well known. ... Another possibility, is that Billy is really the Alost boy@ of Kurt Vonnegut. ... Billy=s maybe a little more peculiar than Vonnegut=s, but they both dealt with it how they felt best. ... It was Vonnegut=s way of looking back on what happened and finding some closure in it. ...

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