Five Points

the most complex and intriguing novels I have ever read, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I also appreciated the fact that we analyzed this book in class, although this is a book that I feel would be hard to understand unless analyzed from the point of view of the author. This is also a very difficult book to summarize, considering the fact that it is not written in any type of chronological order. That being said, the lack of an order of events that occurred in the book adds depth and…

Recognized by esteemed awards, counting a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Philosophical Society, James M. Kittleson used his talent and scholarly successes as an ardent researcher focused on Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformation. For three decades, he was a frontrunner in the field of Reformation studies, to which he gave generously of his time and talent, serving on the…

individual’s life is made up of a collection of moments that all add up to the sum of that person’s identity. These moments can be traced in things such as photo albums, journals, but perhaps most profoundly are memories. In his novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut presents the protagonist Billy Pilgrim in a series of time shifts that range from him being a small youth to an old man. As a result of these frequent shifts in space and time one may be inclined to think that Vonnegut doesn’t…

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…

Slaughterhouse-Five’s phrase repetition analysis Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is a semi autobiography of the journey of Billy Pilgrim through WWII merged together with time travel and aliens. He sees his own birth and death and everything in between. According to Vonnegut, this book is “short and jumbled and jangled because there is nothing intelligence to say about a massacre” (19). The author uses the repetition of phrases and events, such as “so it goes”, the character wild bob, and…

This exemplified the theme that free will was an illusion. Free will was also suggested to be an illusion by the fact that the novel began with Vonnegut. Because Slaughterhouse-Five is considered an autobiography, this showed the final step for Billy Pilgrim, Vonnegut’s alter-ego. This predestination showed where Pilgrim would end up, but not necessarily how he would get there. Moreover, Pilgrim could best be described as stumbling…

intellectuals and nobles to interpret his writings. Unlike past reformers, the message of Luther easily spread to the general media long before the invention of social media. This co-ordinated public opinion. Thanks to the printing press, the ninety-five theses nailed to the church door in Wittenberg on the thirty first of October 1517, made Luther famous overnight. Here, the role of the printing press allowed for Luther’s message to gain such popular support, while the corrupt nature of the…

Kurt Vonnegut’s historical-fiction novel, Slaughterhouse Five, analyzes the life of Billy Pilgrim, a World War II veteran who survived the horrific firebombing of Dresden, Germany in the year 1945. Billy Pilgrim narrates the timeline of his life, with events being told out of order and with, what seem to be, bizarre twists added to it. Slaughterhouse Five is a novel that can be interpreted in different ways, which is why it created enough controversy to be banned in schools all over the United…

Peter's Basilica. On 1517 October 31, Luther nailed his ninety five theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle Church. He is a point of discussion, with the intention of giving these, topic of 95 months shall, corruption, was launched a devastating criticism of indulgences as people of faith. Luther also called on him to end the sale of indulgences…

Eisleben, Saxony (now Germany) which was part of the Holy Roman Empire. His parents’ were Hans and Margaretta Luther. His father was a very hard working businessman and at an early age his family of 10 moved to Mansfeld. At the very young age of five Luther had begun his education at a local school where he learned three things: Latin, reading, and writing. During his teen years at age 13, he went to the school run by the Brethren of the Common Life in Magdeburg. The Brethren…