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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, the Tralfamadorians are aliens who teach Billy Pilgrim about the non-linear nature of time, suggesting that all moments exist simultaneously, thus rendering...

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Slaughterhouse-Five

The ending of Slaughterhouse-Five is not conventionally happy. It concludes with a bird tweeting "Poo-tee-weet?" to Billy Pilgrim, symbolizing the senselessness of war akin to the incomprehensible...

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