... his letter will console many people by explaining the true nature of time. His twenty-one-year-old daughter Barbara is distraught by his behavior. She arrives at his house with the newspaper in hand, unable to get Billy to talk sense. Billy describes his entry into the army, his ... German soldier, whose wooden clogs he receives in exchange. The two Americans are brought to a house full of other captives. Billy falls asleep and wakes up in 1967 in the middle of administering an eye examination. We learn that he has been falling asleep at work lately. He finishes with the patient ... not b...

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• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... good memories or stories, and the narrator noticed that Mary, Bernard's wife (to whom Slaughterhouse Five is dedicated), seemed very angry about something. Finally, she confronted him: the narrator and Bernard were just babies when they fought. Mary was angry because if the narrator wrote a book, he would make himself ... on the shoulder of a Jewish chaplain. Billy leaps in time to 1967, although it takes him a while to figure out the date. He is giving an eye exam in his office in Ilium. His car, visible outside his window, has conservative stickers on the bumper; the stickers were gif...

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

... of Manchuria. 1937 July - "The China Incident" -- a skirmish between Japan and Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge (Luguoqiao), near Peking, sparks off a full-scale invasion of China. Nanking Massacre August - Japanese bombers make the first trans-oceanic raids in history - from Taiwan and Kyushu to Nanking and Shanghai. Nov.- Imperial ... evil. In the book's foreword, Tutu writes: "To sweep under the carpet the atrocities which occurred in Nanking in 1937 and 1938 and turn a blind eye to the truth is at best a gross disservice to future generations and at worst ... criminally neglige...

• Word Count: 7379
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School

... (known as "Jackie") would become one of the most famous wives in United States history. Beautiful and glamorous, she had studied at Vassar and the Sorbonne, and brought an element of culture and class to the marriage that would become one of the defining traits of the Kennedy Presidency. ... of support beyond Catholics and northeasterners. Many blacks, however, came to regard him with suspicion, as a result of this unwillingness to commit to a full civil rights agenda. After a tragic miscarriage following the 1956 convention, meanwhile, Jackie Kennedy gave birth to her first child, Carol...

• Word Count: 8348
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School

... of unallocated lands to Native American groups. h. Federal Securities Act of May 1993/ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) This act required full disclosure of information on stocks being sold. The SEC regulated the stock market. Congress also gave the Federal Reserve Board the power ... In 1939, Howard University wanted her to perform at Constitution Hall. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), who owned the Hall, because she was black, denied the request. Eleanor Roosevelt, who sat on the board of the DAR, resigned her membership in protest over this decision ... the radi...

• Word Count: 8316
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School