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Slaughterhouse-Five is a fantastic book. Dark, funny, intelligent, sad. Billy Pilgrim, the main character in this book is an American POW. We get to experience is life, some times a few times over as he travels through time and his life in the Tralfamadorians zoo.
This has got me thinking, did Billy really time travel and were there really aliens. Perhaps these are the memories of a man who had survived Dresden. Perhaps, something snapped at some point, a result of the war, and as he is just rem ...more
This has got me thinking, did Billy really time travel and were there really aliens. Perhaps these are the memories of a man who had survived Dresden. Perhaps, something snapped at some point, a result of the war, and as he is just rem ...more
Sep 18, 2008
Kirsten
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I didn't necessarily enjoy the writing style as much as the story that was told. There is an interesting mix of fantasy and stark reality. Did war break his brain? Is the loss of time and linear events a bigger metaphor?
In Vonnegut's preface he does make it clear that this is all based on his account of being a prisoner of war in Dresden. This is all based off real events. The holes in time frame really are holes in his memory. It's a look inside the psyche of people who have lived through such ...more
In Vonnegut's preface he does make it clear that this is all based on his account of being a prisoner of war in Dresden. This is all based off real events. The holes in time frame really are holes in his memory. It's a look inside the psyche of people who have lived through such ...more
If you like satire and the WWII era, you will love this book.
Jun 01, 2008
Kaitlin
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