"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...

• Word Count: 1071
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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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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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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(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. ...

• Word Count: 1091
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• Grade Level: High School