Chapter 1: Overall Thoughts

While reading the beginning of this story, I could not stop thinking about the peculiarity of the subjects he described with such feeling. He seems like a writer who is attempting to draw several different emotions from his readers. It reminds me of modern poetry. He is using emotion to envelop the readers into the world of Slaughterhouse Five. Like modern poets, Vonnegut is using the emotions of the reader to develop their understanding of the story. He uses sadness in the first couple pages, and then he combines it with humor in the following pages. I am looking forward to reading deeper into the book, as well as discovering where Vonnegut will take the story.

CHARACTERIZATION!

Throughout chapter one, Vonnegut continuously identifies the characters with characterization. He characterizes the personality of himself as old and forgetful. However, he wants to reveal the truth about what happened at Dresden. Vonnegut portrays himself as a man who cannot remember the significant events pertaining to the massacre at Dresden. As the chapter approaches the ending, he reveals his true feelings about Dresden. The thought of the annihilation that occured at Dresden supports his reason to tell "my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres..." (19). Further comprehension helps uncover his values of being against partaking in such horrific events.

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