Strategic bombing was not an uncommon action from those on either side of World War II. Many cities in Europe were virtually destroyed by war efforts. Each bombing was accompanied by its own set of reasons. For the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima‚ Japan the reason was‚ according to President Truman to “completely destroy Japan’s power to make war” (“Primary Resources”). The bombing of Hamburg was motivated‚ at least in part‚ by desire to destroy the city’s important shipyard (“Hamburg”). However‚ the
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as Kurt Vonnegut ’s Slaughterhouse-Five. Slaughterhouse-Five is a personal novel which draws upon Vonnegut ’s experience ’s as a scout in World War Two‚ his capture and becoming a prisoner of war‚ and his witnessing of the fire bombing of Dresden in February of 1945 (the greatest man-caused massacre in history). The novel is about the life and times of a World War Two veteran named Billy Pilgrim. In Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses structure and point of view to portray the theme that time is
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affliction from which many war veterans suffer while trying to maintain their normal daily lives. Although anyone can get post-traumatic stress disorder‚ it is most common among war veterans because of the extremely distressing and gruesome events that they endure while serving active duty in wartime. In the novel Slaughterhouse Five‚ the author‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ depicts the main character Billy Pilgrim with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after fighting in World War II. Although he is never
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if the novel followed a traditional format. Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war novel that details the life of Billy Pilgrim who experiences great horror and suffering of his involvement in World War II and as a prisoner of war during the bombing of Dresden. Billy’s story‚ however‚ is not told chronologically; it has no pattern or order. The disorganization of Billy’s stories and experiences represents the immense war trauma he suffers from. The
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Arthur Harris’ plan to bomb Dresden. The RAF launched a raid on the night of February 13/14‚ 1945 and the USAAF bombed during the days of February 14th‚ 15th and March 2nd. The allies air forces used area bombing (bombing the target and surrounding area to ensure the target is destroyed) for the mission because the technology at that time did not allow for precision bombing. The bombing of Dresden was not justified. The allies reasoning behind the Bombing of Dresden revolved around the Russians
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War is a tragedy that nobody wishes to participate in‚ yet it is an ever present occurrence throughout the duration of time. Slaughterhouse Five‚ written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ is an antiwar novel but ironically doesn’t fixate on war itself. Traditionally‚ antiwar novels focus on the tragic deaths that occur‚ but this novel follows a survivor of the war‚ Billy Pilgrim. As a young adult‚ Billy is forcibly drafted into a war that he has no ambition to fight. With Billy’s lack of military skills he is quickly
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To begin with‚ the purpose‚ as stated in the first chapter‚ was to write a book about Dresden. Personally‚ I had never previously known about this city existing much less that it was destroyed by allied troops. Through his writing‚ I was compelled to further research the topic. Therefore‚ I am glad that I was informed about a hidden atrocity
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Though war is a traumatizing and miserable experience‚ it may also be able to move and inspire people to write a brilliant piece of literature. One example‚ for instance‚ is Kurt Vonnegut who may have been stimulated by the war‚ thus writing Slaughterhouse Five. Though one may categorize this piece as science fiction or even auto - biographical‚ it can also be interpreted as an anti war piece. Because Vonnegut is classified as a post modernist‚ one can take into account all the details
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In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut writes about World War ||. While writing about the reality of war‚ Vonnegut also writes about Billy Pilgrim’s life both before and after the war‚ and from his travels to the planet Tralfamadore. Billy is able to move both forwards and backwards through his lifetime in an unpredictable cycle of events. Since Slaughterhouse-Five’s central topic is the horror of the Dresden bombing‚ Billy comes across many questions about the meanings of life and death
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in Catch-22 that the reader learns how war negatively affects the soldiers involved (Wallin.) Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut use a non-chronological structure in their novels. At first‚ the novels skip from episode to episode in a nonspecific order that forms an illogical mess. Not only does this accomplish presenting the protagonists as insane‚ but it causes the reader to experience life as someone who has been traumatized by what they witnessed in war (“Time and Structure” 9-11.) It is for this
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