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Chapter 1
1. Explain why Vonnegut has chosen to make this chapter the first of Slaughterhouse-Five rather than making it a preface.
2. Describe three different attitudes toward war described in this chapter. Who best epitomizes each view? How would you fit your own view into this scheme?
Chapter 2
1. Explain the Tralfamadorian concepts of time and death. How do they compare to the Earthling understanding of these ideas? Why might Billy think that explaining the Tralfamadorian understanding of these two things might help his fellow...
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