... of alternative discourse in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five. Slaughterhouse Five is by no means written in a traditional way. There are multiple aspects of Vonnegut's novel that would fall under the category of "alternative discourse." I think that "Time Magazine's" description of Vonnegut's writing style is most excellent when they say that "Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash ... enemies both - and ultimately the fire bombing of Dresden (Olderman 506). "The cruelest deeds are done in the best causes" (Scholes 451). In my favorite passage of the entire novel, Von...

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