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Caudill SH5
Shelby Caudill
Honors English 10
Mr. Bradley
13 November 2017
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What do the drawings in Slaughterhouse Five 1 represent? Missing hyphen
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Do they have a deeper 2 meaning? Overused word: deeper
Slaughterhouse Five is a feverish, confusing, and hard
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to follow novel 3. With its haphazard organization, and [the novel]
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strange 4 topics, it is a book that you 5 have to follow along Unusual word pair
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word for word, in fear of missing a hidden plot point, 6 or a Personal pronoun in formal writing
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clue to understanding a character. It is a common [point, ]
characteristic in Vonnegut books, 7 and can be difficult to
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understand. Readers often find themselves confused, bored, [books, ]
and sometimes even angry or spiteful towards the book,
perhaps because they do not fully understand it. However,
to those readers, if you 8 read deeper into the book, there
are important 9 points that you 10 do not have to look for,
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nor are hard to find. Throughout the novel, drawings and Personal pronoun in formal writing
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sketches are strewn 11 through pages, and they help Overused word: important
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understand characters, events, the author, and the essence Personal pronoun in formal writing
of the book. They are part of what makes the book unique,
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what helps it withstand the test of time. These sketches Passive voice
hold power in the novel, and are extremely important, for
one huge reason- each sketch and drawing in
Slaughterhouse Five 12 represents something, and carries a
deeper meaning.
In Slaughterhouse Five 13, the protagonist of the story,
Billy Pilgrim, has a very pessimistic and bland outlook. He
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is never truly happy 14, not with himself, and certainly 15 not Missing hyphen
with anyone else. As seen all throughout the book, Billy is
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almost numb to any sort of 16 sentiment, and not prepared Missing hyphen
for the emotional affects 17 of war. He suffers extreme
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trauma, as well as post traumatic 18 stress disorder. This 19 is Weak adjective: happy
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shown 20 by the first sketch of Vonnegut’s, a picture on Overused word: certainly
page one hundred and twenty two 21. The drawing is of a
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tombstone in the grass, with an angel at the top of it. The [sort of]
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tombstone reads, “Everything was beautiful, and nothing Possibly confused word
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hurt. 22” This sketch shows readers, in a way. how 23 Billy [post traumatic → post-traumatic]
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Pilgrim views the world, how he sees his everyday life. It Unclear antecedent
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shows how Billy Pilgrim thinks, and how he goes through Passive voice
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his life. How this characteristic affects him, the events he [twenty two → twenty-two]
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goes through, and the people he meets. To further explain, Unoriginal text: 9 words
thetartan.org/2007/4/23/forum/vonn…
Billy has developed a numbness to 24 the world, 25 and his
emotions. He feels nothing, so nothing can truly 26 hurt
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him. To add on, he sees everything in an almost beautiful [how → How]

light, because of this numbness. Nothing is bad 28 27 to him,

nothing 29 is painful. He is completely 30 and ultimately
emotionally numb. Everything was beautiful, and nothing
hurt 31.
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One of the reasons Slaughterhouse Five is such 32 a [to → in]

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renowned book, is because of how Kurt places 33 odd [world, ]

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characters in unexpected places. Vonnegut actually 34 Overused word: truly

places himself in the story, and as a background character.

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This 35 is important, 36 because it easily 37 disproves many Overused word: bad

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Possibly confused word
theories that Kurt Vonnegut is actually 38 Billy Pilgrim. On 29
[him, nothing → him; nothing]
page one hundred twenty five 39, there is a sketch, actually 30
Overused word: completely
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meant to showcase the importance of the character being [nothing hurt → nothing hurt]
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introduced 40, which is Vonnegut himself. The drawing is [is such → is such]
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scrawled in messy writing, and is a sign, reading, “Please [Kurt places → Kurt places]

leave the latrine as tidy as you found it!” The sign seems
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pointless, just something to keep a reader's attention, but it [actually]

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is meant to show that the character being introduced 41 is Unclear antecedent

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important 42, that this part of the story, like all the others, [important, ]
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Overused word: easily
needs attention and analyzing. The event need not be 38
[actually]
brushed off, 43 because although it seems pointless, it is a 39
[twenty five → twenty-five]
heavy 44 topic in Vonnegut's writing. Kurt Vonnegut
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appears in his own 45 book, and his sketch bring 46 Passive voice

awareness to the event in which he was introduced 47.

Slaughterhouse Five has an array of characters, as
mentioned, even Vonnegut himself. The characters all have
strange quirks, 48 and are strange themselves. There is a
huge 49 variety, but all characters seem to be somewhat
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important 50. However, an often overlooked character is Passive voice

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Overused word: important
Montana Wildhack. She is an adult film star who was
abducted from Earth and is stuck on Tralfamadore with
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Billy, 51 and eventually has a child with him. She is usually [off, ]
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seen and analyzed by many as just one of Billy’s delusions, Overused word: heavy
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a useless character with no purpose. However, the last [own]

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sketch in the book proves that Montana Wildhack serves a [bring → brings]
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much greater 52 purpose. On page two hundred nine, there Passive voice
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is a drawing of Montana’s breasts, with a supposed silver

locket around her neck. The locket reads, “God grant me 48
[quirks, ]
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to 49
Overused word: huge
change the things I can, and wisdom 53 always to tell the 50
Overused word: important
difference.” While this may simply 54 seem like a cliche
poem or saying, the locket could possibly 55 represents 56
what Billy wishes he could be. Billy Pilgrim is a clinically
insane, emotionless man. He’s 57 considered wimpy, 51
[Billy, ]
useless, and always out of place. The locket, in a way,
represents everything he wishes he could be. He wishes to
be courageous, clever 58, witty, 59 and accepting. He wishes
that he felt true 60 emotion, 61 and that he could care. This 62
can be inferred 63 because readers know and understand that 52
Overused word: greater
everything about Tralfamadore, including Montana
Wildhack, is part of Billy’s delusions. Something Billy
Pilgrim has created entirely in his head, something 53
Unoriginal text: 21 words
completely 64 fiction. Montana Wildhack is more
important 65 to the story than expected, 66 because she lets
readers understand Billy Pilgrim in a different way 67.
This 68 can give readers a new perspective, and quite 54
Overused word: simply
honestly, shows Billy in a strange, new light, readers 69 55
[could possibly → could]
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have not yet seen. This 71 is shown by a sketch 70, and [represents → represent]

without it, it would be difficult 72 to understand Billy on 57

[He's → He is]
another level.
Slaughterhouse Five is a complex novel. It is non-
chronological, the story is never clear 73 when it is fiction 58
Overused word: clever
or nonfiction, and the strange characters only add to the 59
[witty, ]
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chaos. Rather than getting lost, though, readers can Overused word: true
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simply 74 glance at the pages with sketches or drawings, [emotion, ]

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because they help us all understand. The sketches hold 63
Passive voice
great importance in a confusing novel, and they are part of
the reason the book is so cherished. 75 The sketches are
unique, strange, deep 76, and brilliant, all at the same time. 64
Overused word: completely
They are important 77, because every sketch represents 65
Overused word: important
something, and holds a deeper meaning. 66
[expected, ]
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[in a different way → differently]
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Word Count: 1,018 Unclear antecedent
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[light, readers → light; readers]
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Passive voice
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Unclear antecedent
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Overused word: difficult
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73
Overused word: clear

Works Cited: Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five 78.

Delacorte, 1969. Print. 74
Overused word: simply

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Incomplete comparison

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Overused word: deep

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Overused word: important

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Missing hyphen