Slaughterhouse Five (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) [NOOK Book]

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Each SparkNote gives you just what you need to succeed in school with:
  • Summaries of every chapter and thorough Analysis
  • Explanation of the key Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
  • Detailed Character Analysis
  • Key Facts about the Work
  • Author's Historical Context
  • Identification and explanation of Important Quotations
  • A 25-question review Quiz, Study Questions and Essay Topics to help you prepare for papers and tests

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Overview

Each SparkNote gives you just what you need to succeed in school with:
  • Summaries of every chapter and thorough Analysis
  • Explanation of the key Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
  • Detailed Character Analysis
  • Key Facts about the Work
  • Author's Historical Context
  • Identification and explanation of Important Quotations
  • A 25-question review Quiz, Study Questions and Essay Topics to help you prepare for papers and tests

Get your A in Gear with SparkNotes.

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  • Posted November 10, 2008

    A Book to Read Over and Over

    Slaughterhouse-Five is a well thought out blend of history and science fiction. Billy Pilgrim is an optometrist and a World War II veteran who survived an airplane crash and is kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, where he is held in a zoo naked with the actress Montana Wildhack. Billy travels in time to different events in his life. We see him through his days in WWII and the destruction of Dresden, to his wedding anniversary and, in fact, all of his life. Kurt Vonnegut, the author, was in WWII and saw the destruction of Dresden as well as Billy. The book has an interesting message when it comes to time. For instance, "when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past... All moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them."
    I really enjoyed reading Slaughterhouse-Five. It was a unique read and made me think. It also was interesting reading about Billy's experience in the war, after the war, and Tralfamadore. It's a very good anti-war book. I can't really complain about it, except that the concept of the Tralfamadorians seems generic. Other than that, it's great! It's the kind of book that somebody could read many times and always see things in different ways. There were some parts that were hard to follow, but overall it was a very good book. I'd recommend this book to anybody who likes to read and think deeply.
    -Charlie Coates (HHS)

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