Setting The setting for “Slaughterhouse Five” is all about World War II. “Slaughterhouse Five” includes many places from World War II such as Dresden, prisoner of war camps, and battlegrounds. “Slaughterhouse Five” also includes Tralfamadore, a fictional planet, and Ilium, New York. World War II is unsanitary and cold. Billy’s home is known as relaxing and open. Tralfamadore is an enclosed space, but made to look like the average home.
The settings in this book play an important part because without Tralfamadore, you wouldn’t be able to time travel and it is why Billy's life plays out the way it does.
“Slaughterhouse Five” would probably work well in most war periods, but it fits in best with World War II. This is because the bombing of …show more content…
Kurt Vonnegut uses symbolism like the teapot, which got Edgar Derby killed. The teapot represents something happy in Edgar’s life and it is a miracle because it survives the destruction of the fire-bombing. This teapot leads to Derby’s death but also gave him joy for the time being.
Kurt Vonnegut also uses irony and black humor when he wrote about the teapot because it’s ironic that such great things can come with some of the worse surprises.
Kurt Vonnegut uses black humor when Billy is in the plane crash. You think Billy is going to die but his wife dies instead. This happens because she rushes to the hospital and gets in an accident with her Cadillac. Cadillac's are known to never break, but she wrecks the car which leaks carbon monoxide into the vehicle, killing her right as she reaches the …show more content…
It had a great cast that played out each character like they were in the book. The only thing the movie changed was to make it more cinematic or visual and to make it fit better in a movie format. I thought the movie did a great job in explaining more of the dark humor. This made the movie enjoyable because of how the scenes were scripted and played out. I liked the movie a bit more than the book and it made the book easier to read because of the nonlinear sequences. I would highly recommend watching the movie. As a disclaimer, note that it is rated R due to certain scenes. So it
The settings in this book play an important part because without Tralfamadore, you wouldn’t be able to time travel and it is why Billy's life plays out the way it does.
“Slaughterhouse Five” would probably work well in most war periods, but it fits in best with World War II. This is because the bombing of …show more content…
Kurt Vonnegut uses symbolism like the teapot, which got Edgar Derby killed. The teapot represents something happy in Edgar’s life and it is a miracle because it survives the destruction of the fire-bombing. This teapot leads to Derby’s death but also gave him joy for the time being.
Kurt Vonnegut also uses irony and black humor when he wrote about the teapot because it’s ironic that such great things can come with some of the worse surprises.
Kurt Vonnegut uses black humor when Billy is in the plane crash. You think Billy is going to die but his wife dies instead. This happens because she rushes to the hospital and gets in an accident with her Cadillac. Cadillac's are known to never break, but she wrecks the car which leaks carbon monoxide into the vehicle, killing her right as she reaches the …show more content…
It had a great cast that played out each character like they were in the book. The only thing the movie changed was to make it more cinematic or visual and to make it fit better in a movie format. I thought the movie did a great job in explaining more of the dark humor. This made the movie enjoyable because of how the scenes were scripted and played out. I liked the movie a bit more than the book and it made the book easier to read because of the nonlinear sequences. I would highly recommend watching the movie. As a disclaimer, note that it is rated R due to certain scenes. So it