American Wars in Fiction and Song

Part I

  Read chapters one through three of Slaughterhouse-Five.    Go to the DB.

  A Pilgrim progressing and regressing .  In  what ways do you see our Billy as a pilgrim in Chapters two and three?  Now that we know KV’s solution, how does he choose to herald his protagonist as a child pilgrim in the Crusades?    Or looking at it slightly differently, how is Billy representative of the subtitle of the novel?  The solution .  After a long night of drinking with his buddy, reminiscing about the war, what and who comes up with a solution for KV to make him able to finally write about his experiences?  What is the solution?   The obstacle .  What do you think has been KV’s obstacle in writing about his war (conflict) experience?