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 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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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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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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• Has Bibliography
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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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• Has Bibliography
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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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• Has Bibliography
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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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• Grade Level: High School