... passages reaffirm the message Vonnegut is trying to send us. Possibly leading to the message Vonnegut is sending us, Conrad Festa adds, " the central object of the satire is man's inclination to avoid painful reality" (146). Vonnegut uses Billy Pilgrim to portray the damaging effects war can have on humans. Glenn Meeter states that the character Billy Pilgrim does not find ... ...
... random death, whether their victims were lounging in a trench or lying in a dugout (many men were buried as a consequence of large shell-bursts). Similarly, novices were cautioned against their natural inclination to peer over the parapet of the trench into no man's land. Many men died on their first day in the trenches as a consequence of a precisely aimed sniper's bullet. It ... ...
... do everything in their power to undo his work. When Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, much of Bismarck's alliance system broke up. Bismarck's successor, Caprivi, went along with the Kaiser's inclination towards an alliance with Britain, thus he broke up the Russo-German Alliance. This backfired and only succeeded to alienate Russia while Britain remained indifferent. France, desperately trying to break ... ...
... with the results. His quick and essentially easy victories virtually eliminated any opposition to him at home. That meant that any generals or industrial leaders who might have had an inclination against Hitler's plans, had their hopes squashed by the ineffectiveness of the French and British, the cooperation of the Soviets, and the success of German troops and their own military ... ...
... , it is also implied that most of the world has been destroyed by nuclear weapons because of this constant war. Who knows if George Orwell wrote this novel with any inclination of what might or what will happen in the future? But there is a hidden meaning in it, especially since it was written right after World War Two. I am not saying ... ...
... his election after his first few months in office, due to the lack of change from past presidents. As Crockatt states, "For several months following Reagan's inauguration, there was little inclination within the administration to undertake new initiatives with the Soviet Union-(316). Reagan wanted to test out the waters, get the hang of everything and win over the public before ... ...
