Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Slaughterhouse-Five
I had mixed feelings about this book. There were parts of it that I thought were funny, but other parts sort of annoyed me. I didn't really like Billy as a character. He just seemed so insane, and it was hard to tell what was real and what wasn't. That was cool at first, but by the end I just wanted to know what really was happening and what Billy was imagining. I think if I knew Billy Pilgrim in real life, I would want to yell at him and tell him that Tralfamadorians aren't real. It was odd how Billy was so sure of himself about stuff that probably wasn't true. I think if I read the book again I might like it more because I think I kind of missed the point the first time I read it.
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I disagree with you on my opinion on Billy. I agree that he's probably insane, but I don't want to yell at him for believing in the Tralfamadorians. They taught him/lead him to a concept or attitude of time that is probably healthy for him. otherwise, he'd be more crazy. But I would re-read the book without a doubt, this time counting all the "so it goes."
ReplyDeleteI agree. It was a very confusing book with the time going all around. I thought billy was insane as well. He was such a wierd character. Haha i would love to see you yell at billy i think he would just be ignorant and ignore you.
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