... state that he can only laugh. Suddenly, Weary realizes that they are being watched by five German soldiers and a police dog. They have been captured. MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. First, the main character's name is Billy, not ... . I believe this pertains to Vonnegut's promise to Mary O'Hare not to glorify soldiers. You might not agree, just my opinion. Chapter Three The troops who capture Billy and Weary are irregulars, newly enlisted men using the equipment of newly dead soldiers. Their commander is ... read this, I got cold chills and...

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• Grade Level: High School

... other way. He wants to tell the world what really happened, but the only way he can make sense of this terrible event in his life is by inserting these eccentric elements. Due to Billy Pilgrim's uncontrollable time-traveling, chronology is almost nonexistent. A reader can first experience Billy's time-traveling when he ... they see all time at once, it's never ending. Every moment is structured a certain way, so it will always happen that way. It is sheerly by chance that Billy can time-travel as well. As a result of his becoming unstuck in time, he understands their concept of destiny ...

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... up. Billy is suddenly giving a speech in 1957 as the newly elected president of the Ilium Lions Club. Then he is back in the war, being captured along with Weary by Germans. Chapter three starts off talking about Weary and Billy's captors. They are a small group of German irregulars who take their valuables and discover an obscene photograph in Weary's pocket. As ... . Billy is separated from Weary. His train does not move for two days. When the train begins to roll toward the interior, Billy travels to the night he is kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians. Chapter four begins on the night of...

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... relayed in conversation rather than written form. The book begins with an unknown narrator explaining what we're about to read. I reread the first chapter after finishing the book, and it's somewhat clearer now that it's a jumbled autobiographic account of Vonnegut's time spent in Germany during WWII ... he went through write this book. Normally, this would be recorded in a book's foreward, but Vonnegut doesn't appear to do anything normal. Chapter 1 states many times we're about to read a book about Dresden; however, there is one clue that something is amiss when Vonnegut speaks of ......

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... relayed in conversation rather than written form. The book begins with an unknown narrator explaining what we're about to read. I reread the first chapter after finishing the book, and it's somewhat clearer now that it's a jumbled autobiographic account of Vonnegut's time spent in Germany during WWII ... he went through write this book. Normally, this would be recorded in a book's foreward, but Vonnegut doesn't appear to do anything normal. Chapter 1 states many times we're about to read a book about Dresden; however, there is one clue that something is amiss when Vonnegut speaks of ......

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• Has Bibliography
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... in conversation rather than written form. The book begins with an unknown narrator explaining what we're about to read. I reread the first chapter after finishing the book, and it's somewhat clearer now that it's a jumbled autobiographic account of Vonnegut's time spent in Germany during WWII ... process he went through write this book. Normally, this would be recorded in a book's foreward, but Vonnegut doesn't appear to do anything normal. Chapter 1 states many times we're about to read a book about Dresden; however, there is one clue that something is amiss when Vonnegut speaks of .....

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... the latter, it fits into the strange, delusional mental state of Billy Pilgrim after experiencing the terror of war. When Billy is abducted by the Tralfamadorians, he is taught the principles of time as the Trafalmadorians see it. They believe that all points in time exist simultaneously, ... world that he is able to cope with the horrors he faced in combat. Minor characters in Slaughterhouse Five also demonstrate being psychologically effected by the rigors of war as well. One of Billy's travelling companions after the Battle of the Bulge is the egotistic, anti-tank gunner ... chara...

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• Grade Level: High School

... war. They visit Dresden together after the war. Mary O'Hare - Bernard's wife. She is a strong willed woman, totally against war. She believes that books and movies about war only promotes the glorification of war. She understands that the majority of the soldiers are only children, from her point of view. She ... over and over. III. Point Of View This novel is told in a 3rd person omniscient point of view throughout most of the story. In the first chapter, Vonnegut is the narrator and tells the story through a 1st person point of view. IV. Setting This time setting is between 1945 and 1...

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... World War II, Billy's time spent as a prisoner of war in Germany, and on the planet Tralfamadore (where Billy was taken after being abducted by aliens, or "Tralfamadorians"). Vonnegut uses these two separate, and very different, settings to get his point across. Generally, when a person hears "aliens" ... most powerful and intoxicating anti-war message. "He came slightly unstuck in time, saw the late movie backwards, then forwards again .Seen backwards by Billy, the story went like this: American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in En...

• Word Count: 1507
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School