Campbell, Jr. An American turned traitor, he writes propaganda for the Nazis. He functions as a characterization of supremacist chauvinism carried to extreme absurdity. As the narrator, Vonnegut frames his novel with beginning and ending chapters that sketch his own biography, relate how he goes about writing the narrative, and describe how the narrative took on a new form in the process.
Maggie White A voluptuous dimwit, she is the wife of an optometrist at Billy's wedding anniversary party. Wild Bob An American infantry colonel who loses his entire regiment in battle. Montana Wildhack A movie star and sex symbol featured in pornographic magazines, she is Billy's mate in the Tralfamadore zoo. Previous About Slaughterhouse-Five. Next Epigraph. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title.
Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut. Character List. Outside, there is a makeshift latrine. Over the door a number has been painted: number five. A guard tells them to memorize their new address in case they get lost: Schlachthof-funf — Slaughterhouse-Five. Billy does not object when he learns that he will be murdered by an assassin's bullet. His contact with Tralfamadorians has taught him the meaning of predestination.
He knows he will die on a particular date in , yet he is aware that death is only one event in life, and that he will travel to other events in the future and in the past. Once again, Edgar Derby demonstrates the personification of irony. In Chapter Four, we learned that Derby taught "Contemporary Problems in Western Civilization," and yet, ironically, he is personally enveloped in war, one of the greatest problems of our time, and is at the mercy of his captors. In this chapter, a letter he composes to his wife just before being led out of the POW camp is another comment on the pathetic irony linked to his character.
He writes that he is going to Dresden, and that his wife should not worry as Dresden will never be bombed. Of course, it will be. The colors of stasis, blue and ivory, appear once again. As the prisoners return to the railhead, they see the body of the hobo who rode initially with them to the POW camp, but who died along the way. The hobo's corpse, its feet blue and ivory, lies where the Germans left it. For the hobo, death is the final condition of paralysis, a final statement concerning his ability to exercise free will.
Golgotha a hill outside ancient Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified; also known as Calvary. Balkanized a term originally referring to the political division of the Balkans in the early twentieth century; today, it means dividing a region or territory into small units.
Leipzig, Chemnitz, Plauen all cities located in east-central Germany, southwest of Berlin. Previous Chapter 5. Next Chapter 7.
Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. This seemingly flippant phrase reflects a Tralfamadorian philosophy that comforts Billy Pilgrim: while a person is dead in one particular moment, they are still alive and well in all of the other moments of their life, because all of time exists at once.
What animal disease is used to describe Paul Lazarro? Another Dresden time trip after his plane accident takes Billy to a factory that manufactures malt syrup. The POWs work there making the molasses-like concoction intended to serve as a nutritional supplement for pregnant women. Skip to content Helpful tips. April 15, Joe Ford. Table of Contents.
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