... objective is to be able to explore Vonnegut's style, the meanings of his irony's and the use of the language of Vonnegut's best achievement, Slaughterhouse Five or The Children's crusade. It is a very personal novel which draws upon Vonnegut's own experience in the war, where he was an advance ... wars is depicted in his character. Billy, as his name suggests becomes the innocent pilgrim through a cruel and absurd world. The structure of Slaughterhouse Five also expresses Vonnegut's desolation and loneliness regarding the bombing of Dresden. Vonnegut cannot use the traditional form of the...

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