Kurt Vonnegut S Slaughterhouse Five A Good Anti War Novel

Kevin Amoah Ms Wrotten Honors World Literature 06/06/16 IS KURT VONNEGUT’S SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE A GOOD ANTI WAR NOVEL? Mostly, not all soldiers are affected by the negative aspects of war like injures or death. However, more than half of these soldiers who come back from war mostly suffer from Post Traumatic Stress. In Kurt Vonnegut’s slaughterhouse five, Vonnegut, the author, ues enormous flashbacks, disorder shifts in time, and the use of short phrases, â€Å"so it goes† to convey the idea of lack of sorrow for the death and ability to tell what’s going to happen in the future due to flashbacks in order to show the negative and long lasting effects of war. In Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5, Vonnegut uses short phrases such as â€Å"so it goes† in order to show the idea that Billy, the main character, doesn’t really have pity toward died people. 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