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Slaughterhouse Five Of Time
1,091 wordsMany writers in history have written science fiction novels and had great success with them, but only a few have been as enduring over time as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Slaughterhouse-Five is a personal novel which draws upon Vonnegut's experiences as a scout in World War Two, his capture and becoming a prisoner of war, and his witnessing of the fire bombing of Dresden in February of 1945 (the greatest man-caused massacre in history). The novel is about the life and times of a World W...
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World War Ii Bombing Of Dresden
1,068 wordsIn Slaughter House Five, Billy Pilgrim finds himself unstuck in time jumping between several periods of his life. Travelling between his experience as a prisoner of war in World War II to his suburban family life in the 1950 s and 1960 s, and his experience as a human specimen in an alien zoo on a distant planet, Billy seemingly has no control over these transitions. REVIEW Vonnegut's writing has always defied traditional classification and Slaughterhouse-Five is a prime example of this as it co...
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H G Wells Civilized Behavior
2,508 wordsKurt Vonnegut Served as a sensitive cell in the organism of American Society during the 1960 s. His work alerted the public about the absurdity of modern warfare and an increasingly mechanized and impersonal society in which humans were essentially worthless and degenerated. The satirical tone and sardonic humor allowed people to read his works and laugh at their own misfortune. Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, where he was reared. His father was an architect, as his gran...
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Bombing Of Dresden Feelings Of Guilt
2,172 wordsVonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13 - 14 in 1944 the city of Dresden, Germany was subjected to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the bombing 135, 000 to 250, 000 people had been killed by the combined forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was different then Berlin or many of the other milit...
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World War Ii Bombing Of Dresden
985 wordsExplore the use of " So it goes. " Is it to be viewed as resignation to the horrors of death? Is it Billy's response? Vonnegut's? Yours? ? So it goes? is Billy Pilgrim? s theory regarding death. He is simply saying that death is no big deal. Since he saw so much death in World War II, and witnessed a bombing two times as worse as Hiroshima, he deals with death much differently than others. Because of everything he has gone through, Billy has become numb to death. It has become a regula...
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