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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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By including himself as a character, Kurt Vonnegut personalizes the narrative, framing it as a coping mechanism for his traumatic World War II experiences, specifically the Dresden bombing. This...

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Slaughterhouse-Five

In Slaughterhouse-Five, the speaker is primarily Kurt Vonnegut, who narrates the story through a mix of first-person and third-person perspectives. This narrative style reflects themes of perspective...

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