... officers who have accidentally received extra provisions. The Brits welcome the Americans with a cheerful banquet but quickly become disgusted with the sorry state of the enlisted men. During a performance of Cinderella, Billy laughs uncontrollably and is taken to the camp's "hospital." He is drugged and wakes up in 1948 on the mental ward of a veterans' hospital in New York. Billy has ... is named their leader, the Americans are shipped to Dresden. Arrayed in his fur-satin coat and swathed in cloth scraps and silver boots left over from the production of Cinderella, Billy looks like th...

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• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... by the Germans, are plentiful: the British do not know that these items are made from the bodies of Holocaust victims. They have prepared a huge dinner and a dramatic adaptation of Cinderella. Billy is in such an unstable mental state that his laughter at the performance becomes hysterical shrieking, and he is taken to the hospital and doped up on morphine. Edgar ... lectures them on hygiene, and Edgar Derby is elected leader. Only two or three men actually have the energy to vote. Billy dresses himself in a piece of azure curtain and Cinderella's boots. The Americans ride the train to ...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School