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The life of billy pilgrim in vonneguts slaughterhouse five or the childrens crusade marked by two world wars and the anxiety that accompanies humanitys knowledge of the ability to destroy itself, the twentieth century has produced literature that attempts to depict the plight of the modern man living in a modern waste land. With scant preparation for armed conflict, no weapons, and even an improper uniform. Billy is the main character of slaughterhousefive, but hes not exactly the hero of the book. The narrator describes when billy timetrips to the moment of a horrific plane crash and chooses not to warn anybody. Comic and tragic elements in slaughterhouse five slaughterhousefive, by kurt vonnegut jr. An unpopular and complacent weakling even before the war he prefers sinking to swimming, he becomes a joke as a soldier.

A guard tells them to memorize their new address in case they get lost. Or rather, he doesnt have the heroic qualities usually associated with the main soldier in a story about wartime. His wartime experiences and their effects lead him to the ultimate conclusion that war is unexplainable. He speaks of being kidnapped by tralfamadorians and being kept in a zoo with actress montana wildhack, with whom he mates. A dutydance with death is a postmodern sciencefiction novel by kurt vonnegut known for its antiwar themes and experimental treatment of narrative chronology. He knew it was going to crash, but he didnt want to make a fool of himself by saying so. Billy pilgrim got onto a chartered airplane in ilium twentyfive years after that. Slaughterhouse five, by kurt vonnegut, billy pilgrim and. Billy does not object when he learns that he will be murdered by an assassins bullet. Comic and tragic elements in kurt vonneguts slaughterhouse five 1485 words 6 pages. It doesnt take a timetraveling tralfamadorian to figure out that billy pilgrim is goinggone insane in slaughterhouse five. The life of billy pilgrim in vonneguts slaughterhouse.