... time has always existed, and will always exist. The best thing we can do is ignore the bad moments of our life, because we cannot change them. So it goes. When Vonnegut places himself inside the book, particularly in the first chapter, the reader is told that the all the events of the story ... is. Not only is the book inundated with thousands of meaningless deaths, but many riddles and double meanings. For a Tralfamadorian, it does not really matter how you live your live, as long as you have at least one happy moment to relive for eternity. Billy Pilgrim, just like any other human bein...

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... unmarried but marriageable-is sitting naked at home," (123). From the statement it can be easily understood what kind of situation it was and how World War laid its icy hands upon the common lives of Indian sub-continent. Food scarcity was too high. The economic condition shattered. Common people ... became inevitable and lines were drawn creating two states. Millions of people lost their identity overnight and became stateless as a result of forced migration. The last chapter of the novel is under the title: "No one left. Now I am alone." The narrator has become a woman of middle age g...

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... die anyway, and it cannot be helped, then people should simply be kind. Don't hurt. Vonnegut also takes a much more straight forward approach towards his expression of "be kind, don't hurt." And that is with the parts of the novel that talk about World War II. First of all, Vonnegut subtitles the book "The Children's Crusade" to show how the violent crusades we ... is humorous beyond belief, but at the same time he delivers an extremely potent and powerful message. He is a black humorist. We find ourselves laughing in self-defense. But Vonnegut's messages aren't the only characteristics ...

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... the Vietnam War is the most costly war ever fought in American history; more than the world wars and the civil war in which American soldiers fought. In the first chapter of Tim O'Brien's work, the narrator explains what different soldiers carried with them to war, which arguably represents some of the manly roles in the society. Firstly, ... O'Brien shows a man's role to love a woman, and how war interrupted this intimate relationship between a man and a woman. Lieutenant Cross is a symbol of a man's role to love a woman in the society. The author says that Cross ... his first kill, O...

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... of what the United States portrayed as war. They said it to be a noble and honorable experience when indeed it isn't. In the introduction Dalton explains how Americans were cheering from sidewalks and having festivals while our soldiers marched through the streets. He says, "Nine million corpses later, when the bands stopped ... story that will make it seem as though it can be believed. By doing this the reader is left wondering the question of how to tell a true war story. This issue is addressed in the chapter "How to Tell a True War Story." According to O"Brien, "pure Hollywood, untru...

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