Author Kurt Vonnegut was very fortunate to have the bulk of his writing years occur during a time in history in which he wrote Slaughter House Five. If this book were written in present day, I fear it would be about as broadly circulated as a Kilgore Trout novel. Slaughter House Five is a ... time of its publication, a cathartic novel for those veterans suffering from leftover emotional scars received after serving their country some 20 years earlier. Vonnegut was asked by an old war buddy's wife not to glamorize war (pgs. 14-15), which he successfully complied with. Throw in a chronologicall...

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• Grade Level: High School

... aftermath would have been, at the time of its publication, a cathartic novel for those veterans suffering from leftover emotional scars received after serving their country some 20 years earlier. Vonnegut was asked by an old war buddy's wife not to glamorize war (pgs. 14-15), which he successfully complied with. Throw in a chronologically challenged story line, a few aliens, and time-travel, ... days as a senile widower trying to figure out a way to tell the world of his time on Tralfamadore. He claims he'll eventually be shot and killed by none other than Lazzaro. Slaughterhouse Five r...

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

... aftermath would have been, at the time of its publication, a cathartic novel for those veterans suffering from leftover emotional scars received after serving their country some 20 years earlier. Vonnegut was asked by an old war buddy's wife not to glamorize war (pgs. 14-15), which he successfully complied with. Throw in a chronologically challenged story line, a few aliens, and time-travel, ... days as a senile widower trying to figure out a way to tell the world of his time on Tralfamadore. He claims he'll eventually be shot and killed by none other than Lazzaro. Slaughterhouse Five r...

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