Late some nights, the narrator gets drunk and begins to call up old friends on the telephone. A few years ago he tracked down Bernard O'Hare, an old war buddy of his, using Bell Atlantic phone operators. When he tracked his old friend down, he asked if Bernard would help him remember things about the war. Bernard seemed unenthusiastic. When the narrator suggests the execution of Edgar Derby, an American who stole a teapot from the ruins, as the climax of the novel, Bernard still seems unenthusiastic.

The best outline the narrator ever made for his Dresden book was on a roll of wallpaper, using crayon. Colors represented different people, and the lines crisscrossed when peop

By now, I’m sure you’re tired of reading. I really can’t help it. There are so many important details in this novel, it’s hard to leave any of them out. Some of the small characters, like Wild Bob, just help illustrate what happens in times of war. I’m trying to help you get the gist of the novel without you having to read it. I’m probably going to be up all night.

There is a bit a mood change in the latter part of this chapter. The moment when Gluck opens the door to where the girls are naked is humorous and beautiful at the same time. Gluck and Billy are awkward and have never seen as naked woman before. Derby is an old man who is married. The scene is both sexual and innocent. Also, Derby’s tears as he takes the spoonful of syrup puzzle me. I don’t know whether or not he was crying because he resorted to stealing syrup or because the syrup reminds him of the simple pleasures that were stripped from him.

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Sears Roebuck, Werner Gluck, Billy Pilgrim, Edgar Derby, Kilgore Trout, Wild Bob, Weary Weary, Billy Echonalia, War II, FINAL COMMENTS, billy leaps, edgar derby, kilgore trout, world war, slaughterhouse five, world war ii, pow camp, billy jumps, billy goes, billy pilgrim, war ii, howard campbell jr, kilgore trout novels, billy falls asleep, trafalmadorian zoo montana,