Slaughterhouse five

The book that I read for my ISU was Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. The reason I chose this book was that I read Cats Cradle by the same author previously. Both books share the similar anti war themes. Cats Cradle paralleled the Cuban missile crisis of 1963. His unique writing style was what interested me … Read more

This first chapter, a preface, is insistent on the fact that the book is based on real events. Vonnegut, like our narrator, is a veteran of World War II, a former prisoner of war, and a witness to a great massacre, and that fact lends a certain authority to what follows. Vonnegut shares with us … Read more