Kaleob

= My soilder =

= The author that I chose to research was Kurt Vonnegut. I learned a lot of things about his life time and all the things he accomplished. The hardest part of the whole paper to me was probably the mechanics and grammar aspect of it. I am not the best when it comes to that stuff. The easiest part of the project for me would have to be the citations because that's where I did the best. It was just a concept that I grasped easily. Overall I think I did alright on my paper, but I wish I would have done better. For the next paper I think an area of growth would be the grammar section. If I can get better in that section my paper will be a lot better in my opinion. = = = = = = = = = = Kurt Vonnegut = = = = = = = = My author of choice was Kurt Vonnegut, the author of Slaughter House-Five. During my reaserch I learned alot about Kurt and his writing style. I learned that even back then, people really struggled thorugh there lives. But what was harder is that they didn't have all the medications that we have today. So how he coped with his struggles is through his writings. The hardest part of my paper would have to be the paper. I can't seem to get the smooth flowingnes the paper is suppossed to be, but I'm working on it. The most helpful information I obtained was that Kurt served in the military. It explains how Kurt became corrupted. It explains why he had symptoms of PTSD. It also explains his despression stage when he wrote [|Breakfast of Champions]. Overall I think I did a pretty thorough job with my reaserch and got the information I needed. =



= = = = = = = = = **Reflection** =

My author is Kurt Vonnegut and I have the privlige of reading about his life. I have read alot of interesting things about Kurt Vonnegut's life. One being how he actually was a prisoner of war in Germany. Whats interesting about reasearching is that I learned a lot about a topic that I would never have before because I wouldn't have taken the time to do it. I like being able to sound smart about something for once. == = = = = = = = = = = = **The End Is Near** = = 2/17/12 = = = **Character List-** **__Billy Pilgrim-__ was a World War II vet, prisoner of war survivor of the firbombing of Dredsen, and a husband and father. Billy Pilgrim is the protagonist of this book who believes he has become "unstuck in time". He is walking in one point in his life and suddenly he is in another place and time.** __ **Kurt Vonnegut-** __ **Kurt Vonnegut is the writer of this book and also a character. Vonnegut himself was a prisoner of war so it is likely that he put himself into the book as a soldier for that reason.** __ Bernhard O'Hare- __ O'Hare was a life time war buddy of Vonnegut's. O'Hare is a nonfictional character, who also survived the firebombing of Dredsen. __ **Mary O'Hare-** __ **Bernhard O'Hare's wife. The only real part she has in the book is that she gets upset with Kurt but other then that she doesn't play a big part.** __ **Roland Weary-** __ **A soldier taken prisoner by the germans who thinks himself part of the three musketeers and saves Billys life.**

**Plot Summary:** The plot of this book is the story of Billy Pilgrim, a man who was born in New York, who grew up to be a soilder in WWII, and was captured by the germans and placed in a [|POW camp], but survives. When he returns home he finishes school, but he can't focus because he keeps having these visions about bei ng captured by aliens. People think he is just crazy. He sneaks off to New York City, where he goes on a radio talk show. He writes a letter to the local paper. Billy makes a tape recording of his account of his death, which he predicts will happen in 1976 after Chicago has been hydrogen-bombed by the Chinese. He knows exactly how it will happe, Billy adds that he will experience death and then will skip back to some other point in his life. He has seen it all many times.

Rate- I would give this book a 3.5 out of 5, this is because I liked the book but it was very boring and repiditive at times.

Wiki- I think using Wiki's is a good idea because all of our discussions are online and are easy to follow and to add to. Personally I find it more interesting then writing papers so I enjoy this.

= = = = = = = = = Billie's Insane Asylum =

= 2/7/12 =  Hey Guys :D What's cracking? So I'm still reading Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Let's check up on Billy. Last time we met Billy was taken to the planet Tralfamadore, and was considered crazy. So, from there, Billy committed himself to the mental ward in his last year of optometry school. In the bed next to him lies the ex-captain [|Eliot Rosewater.] Billy time-travels to his in the zoo on Tralfamadore. The Tralfamadorians tell Billy that there are actually seven sexes among humans, all of which are necessary for reproduction. Since five of these sexes are active only in the dimension, Billy is not aware of them. When Billy praises the peacefulness of Tralfamadore, the aliens tell him that Tralfamadorians are at war sometimes and at peace at others. They say that they know how the universe will end, one of their pilots will accidentally blow it up. It always happens the same way and that is how the moment is to be. They state that war can't be prevented on Tralfamadore any more than it can on Earth. Billy skips back to his wedding night with Valencia in Cape Ann, Massachusetts. After they make love, Valencia asks Billy about the war. He finds himself back in his hospital bed in the prison camp. Billy wanders to the latrine, where the American soldiers are violently sick. One of them is Kurt Vonnegut.

What I find interesting is how Kurt Vonnegut is not affraid to talk about the uncomfortable, he talks about his love making, and wet dreams, and just makes things awkward, but on the other hand thats what I like about him, he's not like every other writer. It makes his writings stand out. Another thing I like is how he put himself in the story, but he made himself violently sick. So does this have meaning behind it? Why would he make himself sick and not the hero? Can you answer my questions ??

= = = = = = = = = **Billy's Plane Crash** = **1/27/11** Entry-three: I am still reading Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut. The main character of the story is Billy Pilgrim, in 1968, Billy survives a plan crash in Vermont, as he is recuperating, his wife dies in a bad accident. Then he goes to a radio station and starts talking about how he was abducted by aliens, then his daughter finds out and questions his sanity. He later goes and writes a letter to the paper about the aliens. The day the letter is published, Billy is hard at work on his second letter to the newspaper about lessons he learned when he was taken to the planet [|Tralfamadore]. (the alien planet) People are starting to think Billy is going crazy.

> - Kurt Vonnegut, //Slaughterhouse-Five//, Chapter 2
 * "All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy [|flibbertigibbet.]"

Fire Bomb Entry-two: I am reading the book //__Slaughter House-five__// by Kurt Vonnegut. This book centers around the infamous firebombing of Dresden. The fire bombing of Dredsen was a military bombing by the[| British Royal Air Force] and the United States Army Air Force in February of 1945 in the second world war. 1,300 bombers dropped about 4,000 tons of explosives over Baroque. This bombing destroyed 39 kiliometers of the city. This is why I chose to read this book because it is really interesting to know what happened at The Battle of Dredsen. photo from wikipedia.org

I am reading the book //__Slaughter House__// by Kurt Vonnegut. I chose this book because it is a book about war, and I'm interested in war. I'm guessing the book will be about a war, and some trials the character is going through. Kaleob Lingelbach picture by http://bookcoverarchive.com/