... . Enter the sinister criminal Paul Lazzaro. Paul has a revenge-complex, and takes on the task of avenging Roland's death, informing Billy of his impending doom. Billy, true to character, doesn't respond. The soldiers are then marched to Dresden, where they take up work in Schlachthof-funf i.e. Slaughter House Five. While there, during the night, Dresden, a city in Germany, is bombed and 130,000 ... life. Not much is written about the remainder of his life. He survives a plane crash, meets his idol Kilgore Trout, loses his wife to carbon monoxide poisoning, and spends his days as a senile...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . Enter the sinister criminal Paul Lazzaro. Paul has a revenge-complex, and takes on the task of avenging Roland's death, informing Billy of his impending doom. Billy, true to character, doesn't respond. The soldiers are then marched to Dresden, where they take up work in Schlachthof-funf i.e. Slaughter House Five. While there, during the night, Dresden, a city in Germany, is bombed and 130,000 ... life. Not much is written about the remainder of his life. He survives a plane crash, meets his idol Kilgore Trout, loses his wife to carbon monoxide poisoning, and spends his days as a senile...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... an anti-war novel about the bombings of Dresden in World War II, Slaughterhouse-Five is a fictional story written by Kurt Vonnegut to create the sense of what it may have been like to actually witness this horrible feat.. With an almost autobiographical character, Vonnegut tells the tale that he so desperately wanted to tell to the American ... is writing this book and tells of the actual bombing of Dresden from his real point-of-view. The second chapter starts the fictional story Vonnegut stirs up to tell of the bombing without using a non-fiction, first person point-of-view. A critical...

• Word Count: 1657
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... cannot yet tell him. During this time, Nick and Jordan begin a half-hearted romance, spending time together occasionally while often losing sight of one another. Some time later, Gatsby visits Nick's home and invites him to lunch. At this point Gatsby's origins are unclear, but Gatsby clarifies the story: he tells ... Nick that he is from a wealthy San Francisco and was educated at Oxford after serving in the Great War (for which he received a number of decorations). ... possessions. Yet Gatsby behaves awkwardly toward Daisy. Gatsby had built up such grandiose dreams for reuniting with...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School