Slaughterhouse-Five | Summary

Part I—Introduction
Slaughterhouse-Five tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a man who has come ‘‘unstuck in time.’’ At any point in his life, he may find himself suddenly at another point in his past or future. Billy's experiences as an American prisoner of war in Germany during World War II are told in more or less chronological order, but these events are continually interrupted by Billy's travels to various other times in his life.

At several points in the novel, including the whole of Chapter One, Vonnegut addresses the reader directly. In the...


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