Five Families

Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas is said to be one of the most influential thinkers of medieval scholasticism. A man who was once a simple theologian, became the founder of many teachings within the Catholic church. Starting as the youngest son of a family within lower nobility, St. Thomas Aquinas will end his life as an ordained teacher of theology and will have developed ideas of God. Most of his philosophical ideas and teachings come from his search for the existence and true form of God. The…

Kurt Vonnegut uses imagery and manipulation of fiction to reveal truths about human nature we would deny. Cats Cradle and Slaughter-House Five are two examples of Vonnegut 's writings that use these skills to show the gory, but at times hilarious truths of war, science and reality. Although both novels have their plots and characters, they shared some common ideas and themes. In the novel Cats Cradle, John the narrator sets out to research information for his book titled "The Day the World…

In Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Billy Pilgrim follows a non-chronological journey while being “Unstuck in time”. As Billy is captured and held as a prisoner in a POW camp and then taken to Dresden during its bombing, he experiences many atrocities. Once the bombing was over, Billy and the other soldiers are put to work, digging up the diseased bodies of those who did not survive. After the war, Billy has trouble returning to his normal life, as he spends some time in a mental…

In Slaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut, the “main” character is known as the anti war hero. Billy expenses many tragedies, witch turns him into an anti war hero. Billy undergoes many tragic events in his life which changed the way his life ended after he got back from the war. Billy has many characteristic of a shakespearean hero, because he was a protagonist that dealt with fatal conditions. It 's said that a shakespearean tragedy is an “ noble protagonist… placed in a stressful heighten…

and they share how the war affected them firsthand. Many of the survivors of the firebombing of Dresden lent their testimonies of what happened hoping that it would gain public awareness so people could see the tragedies of war. In Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut he tells a story about the effects war can have on a person by telling a story about Billy Pilgrim. Pilgrim was must affected in the war after the bombing of Dresden, which was an unexpected horrific event. In many survivors…

The sixteenth century began in France as a time of peace, prosperity and full of optimism, but this soon changed to Civil War due to religious schism, with the Royal Family were very much involved. According to Barbara B. Diendorf, a Professor of History at the University of California, theologians in France "condemned Martin Luther's ideas"[1] but noted that his views continued to spread throughout France during the first part of the Century. The movement supporting Luther's ideas remained…

a young monk named Martin Luther began protesting and he posted his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. Luther established that the main issue with the question of the sale of indulgences, was the issue of salvation. Luther argued that the sale of indulgences completely cheapens both the church and the Christian faith. By being able to sell and by indulgences for your own sins or your passed family members’ sins, it will make people put into question why they should be good…

He lived with his mother and father, Hans and Margarette Luther. Luther’s family was of a peasant lineage. Hans Luther was a miner and an ore smelter. Hans Luther became a holder for ore deposits once they relocated to Mansfeld in 1484. Hans had always aspired for his son Martin to have a better life…

Vonnegut’s fusion of historical fiction and science fiction in Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut, 1969), allows for an exploration of the aftermath of the war on both individuals who fought in it, and society post-war, which he does more specifically through the character of the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, and his invention of Tralfamadore. Noted by Kevin Brown, Vonnegut wanted to “remind the reader of the anomic alienation that existed in the society that came after that war” (Brown, 2011), which…

Cat’s Cradle. Though it initially sold only about 500 copies, it is widely read today in high school English classes. Mr. Vonnegut shed the label of science-fiction writer with Slaughterhouse-Five. It tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant who discovers the horror of war. Slaughterhouse-Five reached No. 1 on best-seller lists, making Mr. Vonnegut a cult hero. Some schools and libraries have banned it because of its sexual content, rough language and scenes of violence. After…