... Even though Maya only received a B' on her design from her professor, she had won the design competition. Her memorial of a polished, black granite wall met with much opposition from Vietnam veterans. Rather than let this memorial become another situation that divided people about Vietnam, it was decided ... to the northeast corners of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorials. At the tallest point, the wall is 10' 1 ½- in height. The black granite stone for the memorial was quarried near Bagalore, India. The cutting, polishing, and fabricating of the Wall was done in Barre, Ver...

• Word Count: 4085
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... photographer stages a capture scene of Billy emerging from a bush, surrendering to armed Germans. Billy slips back into 1967. He is driving on his way to a Lions Club luncheon through Ilium's black ghetto, still smoldering from recent riots, and then through a section gutted for urban renewal. The urban destruction he sees outside the car reminds him of the scene after the firebombing ... it is cold in the house, and leaves to call the oil-burner man after putting Billy to bed. Lying under his electric blanket, Billy travels to Tralfamadore just as actress Montana Wildhack arrives and g...

• Word Count: 5323
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School