... scrawny car thief. Like I said earlier, this chapter has my favorite passage of any book ever. It once again shows Vonnegut's anti-war, humanist side. When I read this, I got cold chills and had to stop reading and think about it. It's the one with an asterisk. Chapter Five This is the books longest ... Rosewater. Like Billy, 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 ... miserable ...

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

... University of Chicago, a job as a police reporter, and a public relations man for General Electric in Schenectady, New York. In the years following the war, Vonnegut encounters ignorance about the magnitude of Dresden's destruction, and when he contacts the Air Force for information, he discovers that the event is still classified as ... meaningless. In the bed next to him lies an ex-captain named Eliot Rosewater. Eliot introduces Billy to the clever but poorly written science fiction novels of Kilgore Trout. Billy's mother visits him, and he covers his head with a blanket. Back in Germa...

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