... chance to read it again. Vonnegut, in my opinion, is one of the greatest humanist writers of all time. He is a pacifist in every since of the word. In this first chapter, even before the beginning of the novel, it is easy to see that the narrator, the author, is a very passive individual. This ... he has little love for life, in part because of things he saw and did in the war. He is the man who introduces Billy to the science fiction of Kilgore Trout. Billy is enduring one of his mother's dreaded visits. She is a simple, religious woman. She makes Billy feel worse just by being there ....

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• Grade Level: High School