Slaughterhousefive slaughterhouse 5 by kurt vonnegut. How juxtapositions and structure are represented in slaughterhouse five and pans labyrinth guillermo del toros film pans labyrinth and kurt vonneguts slaughterhouse five mirror each other in that fact that both feature a main character who struggles to accept the realities of war, but the works vary in various ways. Slaughterhousefive questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on slaughterhousefive. It was in that spirit, he said, that he assigned slaughterhouse five and a second contemporary novel, james dickeys deliverance. Dakota town dumfounded at criticism of book burning by. Shorter novels such as fahrenheit 451, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the great gatsby, and slaughterhousefive are between 4050,000 words. A novel modern library 100 best novels paperback january 12, 1999. We provide as many of our worksheets and organizers as possible in word format to f. What kurt vonneguts slaughterhousefive tells us now. Knowing that vonnegut wrote the book has a satire is perhaps a reason for why slaughterhouse five has so many absurd moments. One reads slaughterhousefive with that question crouched on the brink of ones awareness. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. This is our monkeynotes downloadable and printable book summarybooknotessynopsis for slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut, jr. I seen horses get shot wrong and get right back up and walk around the kill floor, kind of dazed.
Back to subjects book reports the slaughter house five. Kurt vonnegut, the author of slaughterhouse five was present at the fire bombings, and the story was actually based. Whats important to remember is that a word count that exceeds industry standards is not merely an arbitrary reason for publishers and agents to refuse a query or pitch. It is generally recognized as vonneguts most influential and popular work.
Full text of slaughterhouse five or the childrens crusade. Har don loved kurt vonnegut no, he worshipped kurt vonnegut. How does one even find the words to write about it. I recently finished reading kurt vonneguts slaughterhouse five and i quite enjoyed it but i dont get why it is so highly praised as being one of the greatest books ever written. Slaughterhousefive is an antiwar novel by kurt vonnegut. Since the point of a satire is to bring attention to societys problems, vonnegut is. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. It is an absurd look at war, memory, time, and humanity, but it is also gentle.
The epigraph appears just before the first page of the book, but we only get direct comments on what it means in. In chapter 1 of slaughterhouse five why does the narrator like the taxi drivers line if the accident will. Immediately download the slaughterhousefive summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching slaughterhousefive. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. What kurt vonneguts slaughterhousefive tells us now the. Slaughterhousefive project gutenberg selfpublishing. Slaughterhousefive was hugely successful, brought vonnegut an enormous audience, was a finalist for the national book award and a best seller, and remains four decades later as timeless and shattering a war fiction as catch22, with which it stands as the two signal novels of their riotous and furious decade. Slaughterhousefive, an american classic, is one of the worlds great antiwar books. I love to know the word counts of books and essays.
Slaughterhouse five background information, questions for discussion and writing by chapter, and related titles. Slaughterhousefive, or the childrens crusade the new. I mention vietnam because, although slaughterhouse five is a book about the second world war, vietnam is also a presence in its pages, and peoples feelings about vietnam have a good deal. Put simply, the sweet spot for a novels word count is generally said to be around 8090k. There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. Semiautobiographical in nature, the novel is drawn from the vonneguts wartime experiences in world war ii. I would have read it when i was 910 or so if i knew about this book but it could be hard for 9 year old and younger to understand what was going on. Slaughterhouse five was a book that i have been wanting to read for a long time but after reading it for this class the book didnt really grab me in any sort of way. Its hard to summarize the plot of slaughterhousefive neatly.
And billy had seen the greatest massacre in european history, which was the firebombing of dresden. The presence of the narrator in slaughterhouse five. He serves as a chaplains assistant in world war ii, is captured by the germans, and he survives the largest massacre in european history the fire bombing of dresden. As a prisoner of war, vonnegut survived the american bombing of dresden, germany.
For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Slaughterhouse five is an attempt by the author, kurt vonnegut, jr. Catch22, like slaughterhousefive, was a novel about the second world war that. The story is told in a nonlinear order, and events become clear through flashbacks. It is an antiwar book about the firebombings of the german town of dresden. Since the main character, billy pilgrim, travels through time, we jump from 1944 to 1967 to billys childhood and back again. A dutydance with death 1969 is a satirical novel by kurt vonnegut about world war ii experiences and journeys through time of a chaplains assistant named billy pilgrim. Much of life, just like the novel, unfolds without a sense of cause and effectlike an accident. One common feeling that can be found in slaughterhouse five, is the overall absurdity found in the novel. I read slaughterhouse 5 when i was 11 and from then on, i had a period when i read only kurt vonnegut jrs works. And its not just the internet connection thats the problem. When discussing the reading experience of slaughterhouse five i would say it was a better experience that the reading experience i had with girl on the train.
Trouts fictional novel within slaughterhousefive explores the journey of a. It follows the life and experiences of billy pilgrim, from his early years to his time as an american soldier and chaplains assistant during world war ii, to the postwar years, with billy occasionally traveling through time itself. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novel. Jose farmer took a trout story written by vonnegut and expanded it to novel length. Slaughterhousefive kindle edition by vonnegut, kurt. These are all of the sources used in the making of these papers and articles. Can you name the characters of kurt vonneguts slaughterhouse five. The work was first published in 1969, and its considered an american classic. A dutydance with death is a science fictioninfused antiwar novel by kurt vonnegut, first published in 1969. I do plan to reread the book in the future to hopefully understand it better, but i did not get it the first time.
I am writing a paper comparing beloved and slaughterhouse five. In his novel slaughterhousefive, kurt vonnegut embarks on a journey. Monkeynotes study guides download storedownloadable study guides book summary, book notes,notes,chapter summarysynopsis. Put simply, the sweet spot for a novels word count is generally said to be. On vonnegut, objectification of women, and other good stuff posted on august 28, 2010 by dragonhelix i recently finished mother night, a kurt vonnegut novel about a nazi propagandist during the holocaust who was really an american spy, but who furthered the nazi cause unbelievably as part of his cover. A summary of chapter 2 in kurt vonneguts slaughterhousefive.
Famous quotes from slaughterhousefive by kurt vonnegut. Great gatsby, and slaughterhousefive are between 4050,000 words. Death and time in slaughterhousefive essay 804 words cram. After repeated and failed attempts to start his dresden book, vonnegut finally began what would become slaughterhousefive during a twoyear teaching stint at the university of iowa writers. Much of slaughterhouse five deals with the randomness of events and how little in life is within any individual persons control. Predestination and free will in slaughterhouse five. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Im not sure if theres an answer, but the question certainly heightens the books effects. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. Thats longer than wikipedias estimation of the typical novel length, but just about right.
Slaughterhousefive is still being banned in schools. Death and time in slaughterhousefive we all wish we could travel through time, going back to correct our stupid mistakes or zooming ahead to see the future. I loved the book, dont get me wrong, but i might be missing a deeper meaning. As wilfrid sheed has pointed out, billys solution to the problems of the. In slaughterhouse five, the main idea of the story is world war ii, and its also a significant part of the setting. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of slaughterhousefive and what it means. After the war billy makes a great deal of money as an optometrist, and on his wedding night he is kidnapped by a flying saucer from the planet tralfamadore. Slaughterhousefive blurs time and increases the power.
Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Breakfast of champions is the first book vonnegut the author of many sciencefiction novels wrote after slaughterhouse five had made him famous. Slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut is our book for march this wildly imaginative novel is 50 years old this month, which is all the excuse well need to turn to this hilarious. In 2011, wesley scroggins, an assistant professor at missouri state university, called on the republic, mo school board to ban vonneguts novel. It also has one of the alltime great opening lines in literature as it begins what is surely one of the strangest meditations on war. Word counts and other distractions griffin paul jackson. I seen them shoot them five times, hit them all in the eye. Kurt vonnegut, slaughterhousefive ive read slaughterhousefive several times and im still not sure i know exactly how vonnegut pulls it off. The theme of war and death in slaughterhousefive from.
Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. A summary of chapter 10 in kurt vonneguts slaughterhousefive. Slaughterhousefive was hugely successful, brought vonnegut an enormous audience, was a finalist for the national book award and a bestseller and remains four decades later as timeless and shattering a war fiction as catch22, with which it stands as the two signal novels of their riotous and furious decade. Centering on the infamous world war ii firebombing of dresden, the novel is the result of what vonnegut describes as a twentythreeyear struggle to write a book about what he himself witnessed as an american prisoner of war. Most of the time, an overly long word count is a symptom of major plot or pacing problems in a novel issues that need to be solved during the revision process. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Slaughterhouse five kurt vonnegut my junior year of college, i had a roommate, don, his nickname was har don which he hated. Slaughterhousefive book summaries, test preparation.
Its ironic since everything don believed in was the antithesis of what vonnegut stood for. In the opening chapter of slaughterhouse five, kurt vonnegut recounts his being unable to write a war book about the dresden firebombing february 15, 1945, which he survived. Billy pilgrim, vonneguts main character, has come unstuck in time. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Slaughterhousefive is an extremely entertaining read, and an important book for teen readers to explore more deeply in a classroom setting. In kurt vonneguts novel slaughterhouse five, however, time travel does not seem so helpful. Not many seem to have the problem i do, which is ive reached just over 41,000 words. Slaughterhousefive the canadian center of science and. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in slaughterhouse five, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Slaughterhousefive is like a wordy version of a scavenger hunt, where you have to search through the whole book to find the clues youre looking for. Slaughter house five by kurt vonnegut, 9780440180296, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. The slaughter house five, book reports, free essays. On vonnegut, objectification of women, and other good.