"Slaughterhouse Five"

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The paper examines the work "Slaughterhouse Five" and analyzes the following characters: the nameless narrator of the story, Billy Pilgrim, and Eliot Rosewater. The paper shows how they are all important characters because they each manage to convey a different and more complete view of reality and of the universe.

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"Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five is a postmodernist text which focuses on war and on mankind's potential for cruelty. The narrative leaps from historical accounts of the bombing at Dresden, for example, to science fiction reports of Billy Pilgrim's time traveling and of his adventures on Tralfamadore.
"The nameless narrator of the story is one of the main characters in the book. Despite his playful and, at times, absurd manner of storytelling, I think that he should be given an award for his humanism. His voice is very particular and wise, despite the easy, matter-of-fact tone he takes up. His account of the events is filled with his anti-war sentiment and with the feeling that one cannot actually talk coherently about war and death."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. New York: Dial Press Trade, 1999.

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