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Slaughterhouse Five

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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What the book's about

  • Characters: Billy Pilgrim, Bernhard V. O'Hare, Paul Lazzaro.
  • During the 2nd World War, around the Dresden Bombing.
  • Billy can time travel to any point in his life.
  • Aliens abduct Billy.
  • The idea of death goes throughout the entire novel.
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really, Aliens?

  • Tralfamadorians don't believe in "Free Will."
  • Capture Billy and Montana for many years for display in their "Zoo."
  • The aliens can travel to any point in their lives, too.
  • Was it all a figment of Billy's imagination?
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why you should read it

  • Kurt Vonnegut was an excellent writer who used bizarre concepts
  • He flips back and forth in the plot a lot, but still makes it all flow
  • Vonnegut used a lot of separation in his writing
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