Slaughter House-Five

War plays a significant role in shaping human history. The fires of war can temper a man until he is unbreakable, or they can melt him with their heat. For Kurt Vonnegut, the flames of war do something extraordinary. They burn away his ability to accept the atrocities that humans direct toward one another. They galvanize his mind, removing any doubt as to the treacherous legacy that comes with the violence of war. Most importantly, they brand into his mind the images and events that would be the inspiration for a masterpiece. Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter House Five is a modern parable, written to express the author’s anti-war sentiments and expose the absurdity of violence.

Kurt Vonnegut begins his classic novel with a preface that belies the genius of the piece (Smith 83). This preface contains in its mere twenty two pages, all of the values and ideals from which Vonnegut writes his story. By telling the reader of the events that preceded the writing and publication of Slaughter-House Five, Vonnegut illustrates the very morals of his story before the reader even starts into the narrative (Smith 89). Even the title of the nov

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Approximate Word count = 1286
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)