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Slaughter House 5

Slaughterhouse-Five is a book about the bombing of Dresden. The book describes the state of mind and life of a person who has experienced the World War II. It is an anti-war book. Kurt Vonnegut, the author of Slaughterhouse- Five, has fused together various literary allusions in this book, some have been taken from the Bible and some are taken from other authors. One of the literary illusions that Mr. Vonnegut mentions is taken from the famous play Romeo and Juliet which was written by William Shakespeare. This can be found, when Mr. Vonnegut describes the death of Valencia Pilgrim.
In chapter nine the tragic death of Billy’s wife Valencia has been mentioned in the book Slaughterhouse ...

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Without focusing on the accident, she starts driving again towards the hospital and when she reaches the hospital she gets unconscious because she was, “overcome by carbon monoxide” from the accident. After an hour she passes away.
Kurt Vonnegut got this illusion from the death of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet had faked her death so she wouldn’t have to marry the man that her father wants her to marry. She does this so she could run away with Romeo afterwards. Juliet sends Romeo a letter which contains all the details about her death. However, as Romeo finds out about the death, he rushes to see her and misses the letter. As he gets there, he sees her lying dead in a coffin and drinks poison to kill him, knowing that the love of his life has died. Juliet suddenly wakes up and realizing that Romeo has passed away drinks poison too and dies. In Mr. Vonnegut’s story Valencia, Billy’s wife, is in the shoes of Romeo. Valencia, hearing about her husband’s life conditions, rushes to see ...

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Added: 4/25/2011 09:11:14 PM
Submitted By: rmalhi1
Category: Book Reports
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