English 101 December 1‚ 2011 Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also called PTSD for short‚ is an anxiety disorder. Anyone can get post-traumatic stress disorder‚ especially war veterans or a survivor of a serious or tragic event. In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut‚ one of the main characters is Billy Pilgrim. He fought in World War II for the United States. After the war Billy is not the same as he was before. Although Billy Pilgrim is not officially diagnosed with PTSD‚ he shows many
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INTRODUCTIONHaving reflecting the WWI and the anti-war oppositions of our author Kurt VonnegutSlaughter House 5 can be considered as one of the significant works of post modern American literature. In this work I am going to criticize this book regarding the elements of the Archetypal Approach; that is‚ the hero‚ his quest and sacrifice‚ mother earth and father sky‚ and elements of the world. HERO‚ QUEST AND SACRFICENormally the term hero reminds the reader a robust and glorified character; however
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Chapter 3 Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past‚ the present‚ and the future. (See Important Quotations Explained) Weary and Billy’s captors‚ a small group of German irregulars‚ take their valuables and discover an obscene photograph in Weary’s pocket. As Billy lies in the snow‚ he sees an image of Adam and Eve in the polished boots of the commander. Weary must surrender his boots to a young German soldier‚ whose wooden clogs he receives in exchange. The two Americans are
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In Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-House Five‚ the protagonist Billy Pilgrim is loose in time and is free‚ though not in control‚ to experience any moment of his life. Tralfamadorians have the ability to experience reality in four dimensions; meaning‚ roughly‚ that they have total access to past‚ present‚ and future; they are able to perceive any point in time at will. Able to see along the timeline of the universe‚ they know the exact time and place of its accidental annihilation as the result of a Tralfamadorian
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Usmanu Danfodiyo University P.M.B. 2346‚ Sokoto. Nigeria Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences ISSN 1595-093X Nwanta et al. /Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences (2008). 7(2): 61-67. Abattoir operations and waste management in Nigeria: A review of challenges and prospects JA Nwanta1*‚ JI Onunkwo1‚ VE Ezenduka1‚ PO Phil-Eze2 and SC Egege3 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka. Nigeria 2 Department of
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What is the purpose and effect of the novel’s plot structure in the overall meaning of the book? In the novel Slaughterhouse 5 written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ it can be perceived that the overall plot structure does not follow the expected chronological order of most other novels. Normally‚ the life of Billy Pilgrim would be represented as a linear story. This means that it would show the order of events as they happened in time. The lack of chronological order in the novel and the abrupt and random
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Kurt Vonnegut‚ the author of Slaughter-house Five‚ wrote several novels compacted into one whole novel to convey a different perspective on a specific view controversial to many. Slaughter-house Five is metafiction that talks about Vonnegut’s experience in the war. Throughout the story‚ we follow Billy Pilgrim as he experienced several events in the war and ultimately the bombing of Dresden. Through several characters‚ dialogue and events we are presented within the novel‚ we get the use of several
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from past experiences or something that can inspire an idea for a novel. Although the novel can be fictitious it can still change how society feels about a certain issue. The two novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut romanticizes what war is like‚ emphasizing ideas such as glory‚ horror‚ honor‚ patriotic duty‚ and adventure. The similarities include both authors have their impression that the absurdity of war is morally wrong‚ how soldiers
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Passage from Slaughterhouse-Five By Kurt Vonnegut Weary was as new to war as Billy. He was a re- 1 placement‚ too. As a part of a gun crew‚ he had helped 2 to fire one shot in anger---from a 57-millimeter antitank 3 gun. The gun made a ripping sound like the opening 4 of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. The gun 5 lapped up snow and vegetation with blowtorch 6 thirty feet long. The flame left a black arrow on the 7 ground‚ showing Germans exactly where the gun 8 was hidden
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Critical Analysis: Slaughterhouse Labor As Americans‚ we are often blinded by the food industry to think that what we are putting into our bodies is to fuel our bodies‚ not to profit major companies. However‚ the whole idea of food production is to make food for the general public in the quickest‚ easiest way possible. When producing a mass product‚ things must be done efficiently and effectively‚ regardless of who or what it is affecting. Major businesses try to get the most bang for their buck
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