Vonnegut and his Slaughterhouse by Levi https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2 Background to the novel en-us 2016-11-21 02:12:56 UTC 2024-07-25 14:25:03 UTC hello@padlet.com In your own words this time levi_bollinger https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138986065 Once again, take a quick look around the net and see if you can find anything useful about Slaughterhouse V or its author, Kurt Vonnegut.

Please post IN YOUR OWN WORDS, and don't forget to include WHY you think that information is important.]]> 2016-11-21 02:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138986065 Kurt https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988281 fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five non-fiction books (his books were inspired by real life events). Dropped out of Cornell due to bad grades. Instead of waiting to be drafted, he enlisted. May 14 1944 he went on leave for mothers day. When he went home he discovered that his mother had committed suicide through an overdose of sleeping pills. Before his death he jokingly stated that he wanted to sue brown and williamson cigarette company for false advertising. They said that it would kill him but Kurt was 84 years old. ]]> 2016-11-21 02:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988281 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988462 Slaughterhouse V was considered quite controversial during the 70s until the 90s, and even still today. It was controversial due to its use of profanity, explicit sexual content and acknowledgment of homosexual men as victims of the holocaust. This is important because it challenged the norms of what was normal to talk about in literature back then, especially about a sensitive topic such as WWII and America's involvement. ]]> 2016-11-21 02:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988462 Kurt Vonnegut https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988477 soldier - brought to dresden as prisoner of war
the firebombing was classified as top secret for year]]> 2016-11-21 02:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988477 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988514 He survived the Allied bombing of Dresden by taking refuge in a slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. This information is important because he later wrote a book called Slaughterhouse 5.]]> 2016-11-21 02:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988514 The book is semi-autobiographical. This allows the writer to more closely connect to his audience, as he can explain the experiences through a primary-source perspective. Vonnegut will understand how to portray the events to unknowing readers, as he was once in their place. The semi-autobiographical style of the book also allows for a specific tone and mood that he may want to convey. https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988744 2016-11-21 02:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988744 Emerging as a new literary voice, Kurt Vonnegut became known for his unusual writing style—long sentences and little punctuation—as well as his humanist point of view.This is significant because it would've made him stand out among his peers and made his works more memorable and attractive to others at the time. It may have also drawn criticism in terms of his technical skills as a writer which may have made him somewhat more controversial. https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988896 2016-11-21 02:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988896 He has been trying to write about his experience in Dresden ever since he came back from war but found difficulty to do so. Slaughterhouse 5 is where he retells the stories, through the character of Billy Pilgrim. https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988980 2016-11-21 02:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138988980 Nuclear War https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989002 In almost all Vonnegut's novels, nuclear war or nuclear arms is mentioned. In this case, he brings it up in Slaughterhouse V by comparing Dresden to the Hiroshima bombing. It is also mentioned in his other novels such as Player Piano and Cat's Cradle.]]> 2016-11-21 02:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989002 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989009 Memento Mori = "Remember that you have to die."
Vonnegut makes so many narrative transitions from one subject to another by employing this motif of death expressed in words as "So it goes...". This allows the readers to recognize the style of author's preface about his novel, and adds onto the main purpose of a satirical novel against the WWII to satire death and the tragic events that have happened.]]> 2016-11-21 02:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989009 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989094 Vonnegut was a prisoner of war. He was brought back Dresden , the "first fancy city [he had] ever seen". He lived in a slaughterhouse and work at a factory that makes malt syrup. This experience could be where he get his experience to write his book "Slaughterhouse 5"]]> 2016-11-21 02:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989094 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989310 the novel is a depiction of what remains after the war. As it was written from the perspective of a survivor, it conveys the consequences of war and how it influences people. has an eccentric element.]]> 2016-11-21 03:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989310 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989318 2016-11-21 03:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989318 https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989405 2016-11-21 03:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/levi_bollinger/Slaughterhouse_background_12_2/wish/138989405