![]() Slaughterhouse V, by Kurt Vonnegut, is an anti-war novel with a unique idea that it's center around. The 4th dimension, the main character, Billy Pilgrim claims to have met these aliens called the Tralfamadorians. Who explain them their perception of time where they see time all at once, so they would generally focus more on happier moments in time. Also, death isn't as big as humans make it be, Tralfamadorians explain that if someone were to die they're simply dead at that moment, but alive in another, which is why Billy Pilgrim always says "so it goes" at every death of the book to prove the insignificance of death. As the reader goes through the book they explore Billy Pilgrim's life out of sequence because of how he's "unstuck in time". So one chapter can be taking place at the battle of the bulge then transition to him being in a plane crash. I chose this book because I kept getting recommendations from friends to read stories by Kurt Vonnegut. So I picked this book and Cat's Cradle. I love the way Slaughterhouse V is told it's so light-hearted and the serious moments in the book are taken more relaxed than they should be. This is mainly due to the central idea of the 4th dimension which is a very brilliant way of telling a story, and could be interpreted in two different ways, a PTSD victim or someone who actually had an alien encounter. This is a solid 10/10 book. -AD, grade 12
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